deeming

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Sanchez reported on time to a scheduled infield practice one February morning, and Hill -- deeming that sufficiently tardy -- sent him back to the clubhouse feeling scolded.

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  1. transitive verb To have as an opinion; judge: deemed it was time for a change.
  2. transitive verb To regard as; consider: deemed the results unsatisfactory. See Usage Note at as1.
  3. intransitive verb To have an opinion; think. See Synonyms at consider.

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  • To Kill a Mockingbird, Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey among them; and offers some banal and relatively unhelpful assessments of them, deeming, for instance, —  In The Company Of Glenn
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its original report on BPA this summer-deeming BPA levels in plastic baby bottles and canned foods to be safe-and was roundly criticized by the scientific community and consumer advocacy groups for relying on two studies funded by the chemical industry. —  NewsInferno
  • Sanchez reported on time to a scheduled infield practice one February morning, and Hill -- deeming that sufficiently tardy -- sent him back to the clubhouse feeling scolded. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • The bishops would then have to authenticate the writings, deeming which ones were doctrinally sound and also inspired. —  Father Joe
  • "We have made a provision for the deeming provision in the Constitution Sixteenth Amendment Bill to be assented to by the president, to ensure that the ... people in the voting districts within the Merafong City Local Municipality are regarded as part of the voters 'roll of Gauteng."
 

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