1
as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
traditionally heroes have been celebrated for their great deeds in song and story
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2
as in thing
something done by someone
deeds always carry greater weight than words
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as in to transfer
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
the philanthropist unexpectedly deeded his entire fortune to the animal shelter
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Recent Examples of deed
Essence, 22 July 2025
The sale of 1530 W. 13th Ave. came with a deed restriction that requires any new owner to build affordable housing on the site, as did the deed of another vacant parcel nearby that the Denver Housing Authority sold for $7 million.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
Carl David Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
Challenger would deed 10 acres for the park to the city, which would design, build, and operate it.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2025
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Noun
And yet, that dissonance stirred again: this was ancestral land, yes, but whose ancestors had labored here, and whose still held the deed?
—Essence, 22 July 2025
The sale of 1530 W. 13th Ave. came with a deed restriction that requires any new owner to build affordable housing on the site, as did the deed of another vacant parcel nearby that the Denver Housing Authority sold for $7 million.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
Verb
City of Miami: The city of Miami, which would deed the property to SLAM.
—Carl David Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
Challenger would deed 10 acres for the park to the city, which would design, build, and operate it.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deed
Noun
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Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman helped the 2025 Sox accomplish that feat yesterday.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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The party managed this feat by linking economic and moral arguments, establishing a broad coalition against slavery.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Then, on June 12, she was awakened in the middle of the night and told to gather her things.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
15 July 2025
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Doing kind things for friends can be mutually beneficial.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
15 July 2025
Verb
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More than 1,800 files were transferred after Gong had already accepted a position with one of the company's competitors.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Griner was transferred to a Russian penal colony roughly 300 miles outside of Moscow after being sentenced to nine years in prison.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Hot on the heels of a major ransomware group being taken down through an international law enforcement operation comes a new development that highlights the whack-a-mole nature of such actions: A new group, likely comprised of some of the same members, has already taken its place.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
26 July 2025
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Although Trump signaled that the ruling protects Obama, there is no current investigation that has been announced by the Department of Justice into Obama or his administration over actions during the 2016 election.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Democrats have accused their Republican colleagues of ceding that power to the president with measures like the recent spending cuts, as well as a sweeping tax, spending and policy bill passed earlier in July at Trump's urging.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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In court filings, Pryor anticipated, and attempted to quell, the timing problem by arguing he was required to cede control of his NIL in perpetuity.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Jeannie C. Riley, Connie Smith and the duo of Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery were among the acts who cut her songs.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
22 July 2025
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Since the act became law on Jan. 5, 2025, the agency has received more than 278,000 new claims from people with pensions from work not covered by Social Security and has processed 92% of these, the SSA said.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
Verb
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Still, being conveyed across the surface of the planet in sync with the cycles of the day, and the movement of the tides, is an experience radically different from the bodily insult that is commercial air travel today.—
Guy Trebay,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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It was designed as a wind scale and conveys very little direct information about inland flooding, storm surge, and tornado hazards associated with hurricanes.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Noun
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That makes Independence Day 2025 a good one to admire and reflect upon the doings, accomplishments, and even some philosophical thoughts of this unabashedly patriotic conservative.—
Jack Fowler,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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The Pike’s louche doings made for great newspaper copy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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“Deed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deed. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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