as in breathing
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as in person
a member of the human race
no one has the right to enslave another being
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as in object
one that has a real and independent existence
new parents are typically in awe at having created this separate being
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as in essence
the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is
music is such a large part of her being that she could never give up performing
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as in living
to have life
stories that begin with the familiar line "once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden"
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as in sitting
to occupy a place or location
we'll be there waiting for you
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as in ranking
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
our school's football team is first in its division
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as in happening
to take place
the party is next Saturday
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Recent Examples of being
Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
For the time being, the house will continue designing and conceiving its jewellery and high jewellery collections internally.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Brown and DeVonta Smith remain the Eagles' top two receivers (for the time being), with Jahan Dotson, Darius Cooper, Xavier Gipson, and now potentially Gray all sitting behind them as depth pieces.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Shklovsky later grew fascinated with the possibility of using radio waves to contact other intelligent beings in the universe.
—Gabriela Radulescu, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
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To me, artificial consciousness would mean artificial life — something as simple as an artificial bacterium to start with, and perhaps in 5,000 years an artificial conscious being as complex as a human.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
For the time being, the house will continue designing and conceiving its jewellery and high jewellery collections internally.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Brown and DeVonta Smith remain the Eagles' top two receivers (for the time being), with Jahan Dotson, Darius Cooper, Xavier Gipson, and now potentially Gray all sitting behind them as depth pieces.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Shklovsky later grew fascinated with the possibility of using radio waves to contact other intelligent beings in the universe.
—Gabriela Radulescu, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for being
Noun
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For every additional person $109 would be added.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Maintain a safe distance from water, wet items, and metal objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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Each specimen’s unique characteristics reminded him of the patterns and patinas that distinguish the objects at the family’s haveli, or nobleman’s mansion, in the Pink City.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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In this poetry collection, Vilariño strips poetry to its essence—distilling love, loss, and the inexorable passage of time into spare yet searing verses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Stripped to their symbolic essence, the erotics of Frankenstein are about the body as meat, electrified by carnal pleasure and unencumbered by the soul.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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The concept could pave the way for new kinds of adaptive, energy-efficient machines that move more like living organisms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Seeing how powerful poetry could be Paniagua Guzman, the poetry project’s principal investigator, started thinking about ways poetry could help those living with dementia after visiting his grandmother in Mexico City in 2019.—
Holly J. McDede,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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While the big luxury brands spent the pandemic and post-pandemic era driving up prices on shoppers who were sitting at home and looking to spend, the sector is now feeling the aftereffects with much shakier sales in a challenging consumer landscape.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
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So the thing that’s exciting me, even more than sitting behind the judges table and being on television, is hanging out with my friends.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Much has already been written about the overwhelmingly negative reviews for the show, which some critics are ranking among the worst TV of all time.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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He's tied with Stafford and Maye for most completions on passes traveling longer than 20 yards downfield (17 each), while ranking first in completion rate on these throws by far (61 percent, with Hurts next at 52 percent).—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Sustained, strong winds with even stronger gusts are happening.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold.—
USA TODAY Network,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Some locations will open in pre-existing Spirit Halloween stores, while others will be new locations.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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Michelin Guide’s presentation at Peace Center Concert Hall in Greenville, SC, officially revealed the restaurants honored from North and South Carolina, along with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, plus those in its pre-existing Atlanta Guide.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Being.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/being. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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