In America, atheists, agnostics and deists must be deemed equal to those who adhere to more traditional faiths, not merely tolerated.
All cultures were deemed equal, and therefore all components of culture - religion, tradition, beliefs - had to be protected from critical appraisal.
In essence, a team that wins all five of its games by 20 points is deemed equal to a team that wins its five games by 1 point.
Sometimes referred to as the "cannon-shot rule," it extended territorial sovereignty out to sea for a distance deemed equal to the range of a well-shot cannonball [12].
A life free of mental anxiety and open to the enjoyment of other pleasures was deemed equal to that of the gods.
In the civil context, the disutility of an error in one direction is deemed equal to the disutility of an error in the other direction.
Is it more in keeping with the values of a democratic society, in which every person is deemed equal, to allow or prohibit speech that singles out specific individuals and groups as less than equal?
These choices are nontrivial in the sense that they affect whether or not the same temperature (or time) intervals are deemed equal, and hence affect whether or not statements of natural law containing the term "temperature" (or "time") come out true.
Why shouldn't we take whatever steps necessary to ensure everyone is deemed equal?
Another example: there are three proposals regarding the electoral law, all deemed equal -- so much for the decisive approach".
