as in was (to)
to behave toward in a stated way
I would never act toward my boss that way
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The weeds can be pulled, hoed or treated with herbicides that permit use near trees.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026 -
It's treated like a score — as if longer automatically means better.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
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Every core operation on Liners, from adding a new product to reviewing quality, to pulling in news and handling comparisons, is handled by a team of nine AI agents.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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West, a three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, served as a special consultant with the Clippers from 2017 until his death in June 2024.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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One night early this spring, however, the Otis Bantum Correctional Center, on Rikers Island, served as the setting for something else—dinner with the Mayor.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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“Acted (toward).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acted%20%28toward%29. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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