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[deem] / dim /


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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

American leaders may expect Mr. Putin to respond to these circumstances in what they deem a “rational” way, by acknowledging battlefield realities and looking for ways to cut his losses and save face.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 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

The panel in Nicole's case partially upheld two complaints about her coach, but ultimately did not deem the coach to be a current safeguarding risk.

From BBC May 21, 2026

Not I. For I deem it perilous now for mortal man wilfully to seek out the Elder People.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Cloud is another business Lapping deems ripe for disintermediation by China.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

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

"He's running onto it, straight towards goal. It's 100% an obvious goalscoring opportunity. If the referee deems it a foul, he has to send him off."

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

"The board has been surprised and disappointed to learn of governance oversight and conduct issues it deems unacceptable and has taken decisive action," Amanda Blanc, a senior independent director at BP, said in a statement.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

He deems young people who are raised on digital devices “Generation D.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

If the winning country is deemed unable to host, the EBU will select an alternative broadcaster to run the show.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

They typically exclude delinquencies from their calculations once they are deemed uncollectible, somewhere between 120 and 180 days past due.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The threat was deemed to be a swatting call, in which a person reports a fake threat to illicit panic and a large emergency response, she said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

It got worse when Miller was interviewed Tuesday by CNN’s Jake Tapper, an appearance deemed “strange” by Michael Grynbaum of the New York Times, and the equivalent of “tweeting through it.”

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

Chandresh was more than willing to let him organize the lighting, having already deemed him invaluable to the circus planning with only mild coercion.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

"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 U.S. government on Wednesday asked the bankruptcy court in Houston to convert First Brands’ chapter 11 case to a liquidation or dismiss it entirely, deeming the business insolvent.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 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

Construction on the ballroom has been stop-and-go since late March, when a federal judge halted progress after deeming it to be wildly illegal absent congressional approval.

From Slate Apr. 28, 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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