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deemed

American  
[deemd] / dimd /

adjective

  1. assumed or judged.

    No one ships cars here from the United States—it would cost you 85% duty on the deemed value of the car!

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of deem.

Etymology

Origin of deemed

deem ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The FAA has deemed the airport among its “hotspots” with a high volume of mixed helicopter and airplane traffic.

From Los Angeles Times

None of the taste-testers ordered the Jalapeño Ranch—estimated at 1,185 calories, it was deemed too hefty for the office lunch hour.

From Barron's

None of the taste-testers ordered the Jalapeño Ranch—estimated at 1,185 calories, it was deemed too hefty for the office lunch hour.

From Barron's

To prevent severe injury, officers are trained to fire from what have been deemed safe distances.

From Los Angeles Times

One early party he planned—a Halloween rave at a defunct plastics plant that was a registered toxic-waste site—was shut down by the fire department after it deemed the place unsafe.

From The Wall Street Journal

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