deed

Example Sentences

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To return to the historical evidence, the weakening of political and economic institutions is usually enough for the evil deed to be done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"We were there very quickly after the deed had been perpetrated," Robertson says.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

At one point, he identifies a lost deed, by which Abdulmejid transferred the caliphate to the nizam’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

A life estate is created through a deed, not through a prenup or will.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

If Estarriol of Iffish kept his promise and made a song of that first great deed of Ged’s, it has been lost.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin