deem
verb (used without object)
has deemed
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present perfectof deem (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yet she’s well aware that the studio hired her to rescue the “Camp Miasma” franchise not for her genius but because she’s queer and the internet has deemed Little Death “problematic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It is a shift away from cars that Ford’s chief executive Jim Farley has deemed “boring” and it has been great for the automaker’s bottom line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Enfield Council said it had reported a case of criminal damage to the Met Police at the time of the felling, however it is understood the force has deemed it a civil matter.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The hot topic in cybersecurity has been Anthropic’s Mythos AI model—which is supposedly so capable that the company has deemed it too dangerous to release to the public and is restricted to corporate previews.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Aurier has deemed Vincent an important person in the contemporary art world!
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
