bated

past tense of bate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bated
Verb
  • But Boone removed him from the lineup before the top of the fourth, shifting José Caballero to shortstop and bringing in Amed Rosario to play third base.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • That arrest came roughly one-and-a-half-years removed from Cleveland being arrested for DUI.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The bungalow cost $100 a month, which was deducted from her MGM paycheck.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But losses can only be deducted by filers who itemize and who kept a record of both winnings and losses, and the deduction is capped at whatever winnings were reported.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The wild swings of recent weeks, driven by waxing and waning hopes for a lasting boost to corporate profits from artificial intelligence, have abated in the past several days.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • And, at least for now, despite the threat of revolt, internal pressure within FIFA appears to have abated.
    Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And about $1 billion of any sale would be subtracted to cover the Dodgers’ future commitments on deferred contracts.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Net income is what’s leftover after all of that is subtracted out.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And, often, the material is so technical that it is disconnected from real-world use, leading to even less engagement and retention.
    Jason Corso, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Media already selected for AI training may remain in Google's training systems after it has been disconnected from your account.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • And right now the -- a lot of the worst politicians right now are sitting up on high in Oval Office rooms, detached from the feelings of working class people.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The study hypothesized that the sickle was added before the body fully decomposed since no joints were detached or displaced, as archaeologists would expect if a grave were to be disturbed after the body became a skeleton.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This caused the prehistoric Tethys Ocean, which once separated the supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana, to shrink.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers also had to build specialized rooftop facilities and integrate their optics, control systems, communications equipment, quantum sources, and detectors so that equipment separated by 21 kilometers could operate as one experiment.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
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
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“Bated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bated. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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