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by VivianKerr » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:02 am
It depends on the context.

EX: He was thought to be the best math student at the school.

EX: When I was a child I thought as a child.

If you are meaning "to think of something as" you'd use "thought to be."

If you are meaning "to think in a certain way" you'd use "thought as."

They have different meanings.
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