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Meanings of deeds in English

Performance of moral or religious acts.

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        Examples for "works"
        1
        The real question, however, is whether a given herbal product actually works.
        The Irish Times
        2
        According to Boucher, Competition is good for consumers, and competition clearly works.
        Wired
        3
        It is to form a technical basis for future coastal protection works.
        The Irish Times
        4
        I don't think that works well in the market economy, Buffett said.
        Reuters
        5
        In reality, however, it works by the application of sufficiently advanced technology.
        The book of xen
        Usage of deeds in English
        1
        Its good deeds stretch far beyond what goes into its shampoos, however.
        The Guardian
        2
        Sally's grateful for any kind words or deeds; she can use them.
        Practical Magic
        3
        It's amazing the amount of good deeds our players do, Kerr said.
        Ebony
        4
        Other reigns have been longer in duration; none surpassed his in deeds.
        Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
        5
        All our deeds are visited on us from a different vantage point.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        6
        Do good, do the right thing and your deeds will shine through.
        Jamaica Observer
        7
        Kaczynski had not considered that a future technology would erase his deeds.
        Engineering Infinity
        8
        Some who were religious did their good deeds because they were religious.
        The god delusion
        9
        He said he wanted to return the deeds to their rightful owner.
        Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
        10
        Loving words that are kind and true, loving deeds and blessings too.
        A singular man
        11
        Now am I prepared to speak in deeds, in faithfulness, in devotion.
        Vergilius: A Tale of the Coming of Christ
        12
        Fair maidens of popular rights were rescued; great deeds of valor done.
        The Mirrors of Washington
        13
        Yet the deeds of each were of vital consequence to the other.
        The Winning of the West, Volume 1 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
        14
        We want to act so that our good deeds outweigh our sins.
        Radio NZ
        15
        As with minds, so with bodies; as with thoughts, so with deeds.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        16
        The deeds of the Indians of course formed the one absorbing topic.
        The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
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