deem
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“The thinking in its simplest form is what do we deem the best for our football players and for them to try and be at their best,” McVay said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The company in July said it would start guaranteeing the quality of its Whoppers, committing to remake orders on the spot if customers deem them unsatisfactory, and providing a future Whopper for free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Its current travel advice warns that it is illegal in Saudi Arabia to say anything publicly that the authorities "deem disruptive to public order".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The estate may not be divided equally among the children — or in ways they deem fair.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Just because maybe these women have stayed here in Clover City or have become stay-at-home moms or cashiers doesn’t mean you can deem their entire lives outside of the pageant a waste.”
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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He first appears dressed as Santa Claus, who has come to deliver a hand towel or a pink slip to his employees, depending on whether he deems them naughty or nice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Rhoda deems this less-haughty “Maltese version” of Max an improvement over the guy who seems to have abandoned her friend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"This is a message that Pyongyang is closely watching the upcoming drills and could stage a provocation if it deems one necessary."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Cloud is another business Lapping deems ripe for disintermediation by China.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
He pauses at the only fact he deems relevant: that this girl now left in his custody is, obviously, his own daughter and that her name is Celia.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Instead of the economy being deemed to have shed 23,000 jobs in July, some 44,000 were found to have been created in subsequent estimates.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Homeowners routinely reported that their insurance companies refused or delayed claims, advocated for cleaning methods that experts deemed insufficient and pushed residents to move back before testing showed their homes were safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
In 2022, a Dutch court ordered the Netherlands to compensate the relatives of victims of a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan in 2007 that was deemed unlawful.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Critics warn that offenders "deemed a danger to society" could be let out, the paper reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
With that, everyone scattered, the Champions murmuring to their trainers about whatever competitor they deemed the biggest threat.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California said in her decision that the government had illegally retaliated against Anthropic, deeming it a supply-chain risk “for constitutionally protected expressive activities.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 2023, judges halted the trial, deeming the wheelchair-bound Kabuga "unfit to participate meaningfully" in proceedings, but he was ordered to remain detained awaiting provisional release.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
The three judges also found that the original judge had erred by not deeming Tickle's removal from the app based on Grover's "first visual review" of the profile picture as direct discrimination.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Raman and Pratt are right in deeming Bass the old guard of a beat-up city — but the old guard didn’t get there without knowing how to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
I watched the news unfold on TV with my mom: Trayvon, a black high school student, was walking home from a convenience store when a man named George Zimmerman began following him, deeming him suspicious.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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