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as in feats
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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as in things
something done by someone
deeds always carry greater weight than words
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as in transfers
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 deeds
Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Talk about not doing good deeds for the sake of the spotlight.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
Some of the new information came from tracing the people who lived in Ethel, as Philpott has now traced about 120 families through land deeds.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
But Wattley is right that condemning elderly parole based on the monstrous deeds of these child predators is shortsighted.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Important themes in Nowruz celebrations are reverence for nature, respect for family and community, doing good deeds and forgiveness.
—Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
Ephemera Items such as magazines, ticket stubs, land deeds, lobby cards, promotional items, and more weren’t meant to last for years, but that’s their appeal, Lang explains.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The prices given are those indicated by state tax stamps required on all deeds.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
Photographs dating back centuries line the walls, alongside original documents and deeds from earlier locations.
—Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
Talk about not doing good deeds for the sake of the spotlight.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Mar. 2026
Some of the new information came from tracing the people who lived in Ethel, as Philpott has now traced about 120 families through land deeds.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
But Wattley is right that condemning elderly parole based on the monstrous deeds of these child predators is shortsighted.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Important themes in Nowruz celebrations are reverence for nature, respect for family and community, doing good deeds and forgiveness.
—Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
Ephemera Items such as magazines, ticket stubs, land deeds, lobby cards, promotional items, and more weren’t meant to last for years, but that’s their appeal, Lang explains.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The prices given are those indicated by state tax stamps required on all deeds.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deeds
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Who knows what inventions, ideas or technological feats will be imagined in gyms or on surfboards as these three Southern California teenagers unleash their brain power and love for having fun on the East Coast.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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This week, on charts dated March 28, Harry Styles, John Summit and Rohaan, and Milky and Mall Grab achieve new feats.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks only truly made things interesting in minutes the former Brooklyn Nets star and sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Famer spent on the bench on Tuesday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Upstairs at Place, things are a little more formal.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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PCmover Professional automatically transfers your apps, files, settings, and even user profiles.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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An example of a passive shoulder harness is Hilti’s EXO, which transfers the weight of arms to the hips using springs.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Sheffield will outline her achievements thus far in her first few months in office, as well as lay out her vision for the rest of her term, with an aim to inspire Detroiters to have hope for a brighter future, her office said.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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One of Gray’s biggest career achievements was competing in the under-16 National Junior Olympics at Texas A&M in 2024.—
Zoe Bahjat,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the reigning champs frequently put Towns in defensive actions, often creating wide-open driving lanes to the rim, much to the ire of head coach Mike Brown.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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On the other side were Jews who tended to be far more concerned about the resurgence of antisemitism on the right, from the likes of Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and believed that Israel’s aggressive actions were partially responsible for making Jews unsafe.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The company assigns a third-party installer to your project.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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When a customer completes an order online with a participating retailer, SameDay Local automatically matches them to the appropriate vehicle and driver, assigns the route and provides them live near-real-time tracking updates from pickup to delivery.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
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One of the ideas that Kafka’s parable conveys is that a prisoner is molded into the shape of their prison.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bakri conveys that immense burden in dribbles of emotion, like a trickle of water wearing down a groove in a rock wall.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Choosing silence also cedes our right to free speech.—
Jenna Norton,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
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The specialization that cedes politics, economics or communication to separate disciplines is, in sociology, an invitation to synthesize and to consider how these broad social processes engage, reinforce or conflict with one another.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Deeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deeds. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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