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believed or judged

deemed = believed or judged

deemed = judged

In some cases, hiring additional police was considered a violation of the era's liberal aesthetic; in others, it was simply deemed too expensive.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics

deemed = believed or judged

I deemed this knowledge of the utmost importance.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deemed = believed

He deemed it essential, it would seem, to know the man, before attempting to do him good.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

deemed = believed

Once the bikes were deemed secure, supplies were untied and divvied up.
Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers

deemed = believed or judged

deemed = believed or judged

Seabiscuit had been a very late foal, born at the end of May 1933, but in January 1935, half a year short of his actual birthday, he was deemed a two-year-old, officially eligible to race.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit

deemed = believed or judged

Slowly but surely I began to see the pattern of Atticus's questions: from questions that Mr. Gilmer did not deem sufficiently irrelevant or immaterial to object to, Atticus was quietly building up before the jury a picture of the Ewells' home life.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

deem = believe

But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.
Kahlil Gibran -- The Prophet

deeming = believing

I feared not the shadows of Men, powerless and frail as I deemed them.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King

deemed = believed

deems = believes or judges

To remove the liability of such misapprehension, I deem it proper to append the following brief explanation.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deem = believe

Very soon after I went to Mr. Ruggles, he wished to know of me where I wanted to go; as he deemed it unsafe for me to remain in New York.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deemed = believed

She did not deem it impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look her in the face.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deem = believe

I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deemed = believed

It was considered as being bad enough to be a slave; but to be a poor man's slave was deemed a disgrace indeed!
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deemed = believed

But before narrating any of the peculiar circumstances, I deem it proper to make known my intention not to state all the facts connected with the transaction.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deem = believe

He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and impertinent, and evidence of a restless spirit.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deemed = believed

It was deemed a disgrace not to get drunk at Christmas; and he was regarded as lazy indeed, who had not provided himself with the necessary means, during the year, to get whisky enough to last him through Christmas.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

deemed = believed

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