bated

verb

past tense of bate
as in removed

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  1. removed
  2. deducted
  3. abated
  4. subtracted
  5. disconnected
  6. detached
  7. separated
  8. unfastened
Verb
  • If he is removed from office, Vice President Pedro Alliana would be sworn in.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Multiple independent sources tell CBS California Investigates that the two consultants at the center of our reporting have been removed from the project and are no longer billing under the KPMG contract.
    — Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • Typically offered through your employer, this serves as additional coverage in which costs are deducted directly from your paycheck.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Under the bill, once a court ruling is final, the money could be deducted from family allowances and housing aid.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of deducted
Verb
  • The kicking revolution that took over the NFL last season after a change in the kicking ball has abated early this season with the most misses at this point in a season in five years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • But residents say the stream of Airbnb guests in and out of their lobby, around their swimming pools and up and down on the overtaxed, malfunctioning elevators has not abated.
    — Linda Robertson Updated October 22, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of abated
Verb
  • Those and taxes are not subtracted out of gross measurements of economic activity.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Normally, list prices are higher than net prices, since discounts are subtracted.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of subtracted
Verb
  • The senator said that Democrats campaigned heavily on affordability and economic frustrations but will now pursue priorities that are disconnected from what motivated voters to support them this year.
    — Jennifer Radcliffe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The feedback loops that used to tell a young person their effort mattered have been quietly disconnected.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • The president’s message in the closing days of the midterm campaign was similarly detached from voters’ concerns about the high cost of living.
    — Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has warned that AI stocks have become detached from financial fundamentals, pushing markets to precarious highs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of detached
Verb
  • Native children were often separated from their families and communities through boarding schools, where they were discouraged or prevented from speaking their Native languages and practicing their cultures.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • During his imprisonment, al-Sakani was separated from his wife, Iman, and their 3-year-old daughter, Misk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of separated
Verb
  • After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of unfastened
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