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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
deem .
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Examples
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Far too few nominal Christians know what the Word deems good and instead accept the world's definition.
Forbes.com: News Forbes 2011
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Released as part of the The Dum Edges series, the compilation will focus on young French electro producers the label deems worthy of the tag "ones to watch."
RA News 2009
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The President, being the Commander in Chief of the military, has the power under the Constitution to launch missile strikes or bombings at those he deems is the enemy without explicit Congressional authorization, as Bill Clinton did several times during his Presidency.
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The government pays medical providers what they (the government) deems is a fair price.
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He's the most experienced football man on the planet so whatever he deems is right.
Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand ready to put injury woes behind him Daniel Taylor 2010
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He has every right to choose whomever he deems is fit for the job.
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These frequencies get filtered based on what the military deems is right and wrong.
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Your interpretation of Revkin’s article: by referring to a chart that Revkin deems unduly alarmist
Matthew Yglesias » The George Will Scandal and the Decline of Great American Newspapers 2009
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Government employ teams of covert agents and pseudo -” independent” advocates to “cognitively infiltrate” online groups and websites — as well as other activist groups — which advocate views that Sunstein deems “false conspiracy theories” about the Government.
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The Christian name deems to be the most important one in France, and still more especially in Italy.
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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