deem
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The estate may not be divided equally among the children — or in ways they deem fair.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Recent polling suggests that, ahead of Tuesday’s primary, incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has what pollsters deem a statistically insignificant lead in her bid for reelection as the city’s top executive.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Maybe, but not at a cost most Americans would deem acceptable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
And although referees' boss Howard Webb told Forest that while there could be justifiable reasons to deem it was not handball by Mbeumo, 'football's expectation' would have been for the goal to be disallowed.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Otherwise you may like to speak to Martha or Dorothy, or any members of the male staff you deem sufficiently trustworthy.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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He added the agreement allows Israel freedom of action to neutralize what it deems as immediate or even emerging threats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Beijing on Monday also outlined broad countermeasures against foreign entities it deems harmful to Chinese interests or disruptive to Chinese investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
"But, we're just making sure we have everything, then the foreign military sales will continue when the administration deems necessary."
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
Senior independent director Amanda Blanc said the board had been "surprised and disappointed to learn of governance oversight and conduct issues it deems unacceptable and has taken decisive action".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
I sit at the same table I always sit at, where Camille and everyone she deems worthy sits, too.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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But Grigoryan said Gaines had echoed a long-standing debate surrounding the cost and “worth” of food that’s traditionally deemed “cheap.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
They also deliver something that has been deemed very, very bad in 21st century television — spoilers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
But VAR intervened, declaring that Embolo had crashed to the pitch in an effort to dupe the referee—an offense deemed worthy of ejection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
He moved to Minehead in 2020 when deemed to be of low risk of reoffending.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
He was tested, tempered, and tried before he was deemed fit to rule.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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"There's less supply at a time when consumers want devices and the memory guys are passing along huge price increases," Cook said, deeming the spike in prices a "hundred-year flood."
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 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
The SBA inspector general later recommended that all awards to talent agents be reviewed or audited, deeming them “high-risk.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 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
The doctors didn’t remove the bullet, deeming it unsafe, so it remained lodged in Roosevelt’s fourth rib, just an inch away from his right lung.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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