deemed
Americanadjective
verb
Etymology
Origin of deemed
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British Airways this year has shifted some of its flying through Saudi airspace, which despite repeated Iranian strikes was deemed largely safe to use by aviation safety regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
In that conversation, Arthur complained that the last time she saw her daughter, in 1978, the 12-year-old was wearing clothes she deemed immodest.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
He denied he was affiliated with the Mexican Mafia, but a prison official testified he was deemed a member in 1989.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He was initially sentenced by a Geneva court in 2014 to life in prison, but in 2017, the Swiss supreme court ordered a retrial over what it deemed was the use of faulty evidence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The exciting synergy of institutional life in an all-purpose national metropolis was deemed less important than the dangerous corruptions likely to afflict a nexus of politicians and financiers.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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