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bated

verb

past tense of bate

as in removed

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Preckwinkle said recently that about 100,000 cubic yards of debris from the area has already been removed.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
India's Election Commission has so far removed more than 130 million names from the voter lists.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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Under this strategy, a person borrows a set amount from his or her 401(k) account and slowly replenishes the account over time through payments deducted automatically from pay stubs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Also, shipping charges are non-refundable, and a restocking fee of $10 will be deducted from the refund.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026

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Peterson made property tax relief a key issue in her campaign two years ago, and the issue has not abated.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
By October of 1945, The Nation’s embrace of world government as a practical solution for the problem of potentially life-effacing weapons had somewhat abated.

— Richard Kreitner, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026

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For example, a family of four with $1,000 in net monthly income would have $300 subtracted from the new $1,023 maximum, leaving the household with $723 in monthly SNAP benefits.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
The amount is subtracted from their taxable estate, and the assets go to the charity — free of the income taxes that would otherwise be paid by the individual who inherits the estate.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

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The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
In the reference test, a desktop computer continued operating without interruption when grid power was suddenly disconnected, and the test was repeated successfully.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of disconnected

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The trajectories separated into four distinct clusters corresponding to rest, meditation, music, and the movie.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
In what is shaping up to be the season’s most competitive acting race, three names appear to have separated themselves.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of separated

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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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