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deemed

American  
[deemd] / dimd /

adjective

  1. assumed or judged.

    No one ships cars here from the United States—it would cost you 85% duty on the deemed value of the car!

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of deem.

Etymology

Origin of deemed

deem ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Elsewhere, he has deemed the practice of using chatbots to generate sentences “unethical and wrong.”

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

While he was in hospital he was under 24-hour guard by prison officers but it was not deemed necessary to handcuff him.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

This time, Donohue deemed Trump’s Christ-like imagery “offensive and immature.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

A good chunk of those gains were driven by chip stocks, as Wall Street bought artificial intelligence beneficiaries at the expense of software stocks deemed potential victims of AI advancements.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

He visited burrows he’d lived in from past years, but they looked worn and tired now; they lacked what Major Puff deemed “the proper puffin panache.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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