DEEDED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

deeded

verb

past tense of deed

as in ceded

to give over the legal possession or ownership of the philanthropist unexpectedly deeded his entire fortune to the animal shelter

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Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency ceded some of its climate authority by repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Other leaders seem resigned to the fact that this 80-year global experiment in cooperative international relations has ceded the floor once again to the world order of coercion that dictated most of human history.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ceded

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Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The Horned Frogs will need Hayward’s pass rushing expertise to harass Baylor junior quarterback DJ Lagway, a former five-star recruit that transferred in from Florida.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

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Charles Hall later bequeathed the property to his wife and children when his health declined, family said.

— Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
More than a century after a rare painting, recently attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was bequeathed to the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien in 1920, the painting, Portrait of an Old Man, will go on display on December 2, per reports.

— News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026

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Other senior church roles include the Dean of the College of Cardinals—a position recently assigned to Cardinal Tagle.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
Thousands of vehicles without air conditioning Records obtained by the I-Team also revealed that more than half of the active delivery vehicles assigned in Texas still lack air conditioning.

— Ginger Allen, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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