bated

past tense of bate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bated
Verb
  • Climate & Environment The Klamath River’s dams are being removed.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Several ads featuring an illustration of what was supposed to be the vice president’s likeness wearing a Philadelphia Eagles helmet and football shirt were removed from bus shelters in Philadelphia.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • If your account has not earned enough interest to cover an early withdrawal penalty, any interest is deducted first and the remainder of the penalty is taken from your principal.
    Elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Those costs don’t vanish, however — they’re deducted from your cash disbursal.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Violent crime has abated since 2022, when cases hit the highest number since 2013.
    Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • On a range of issues, the leftward movement of Democratic politicians and voters appears to have abated.
    Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • There’s also the perpetual maintenance costs and the chance your road map might lead you into the wilderness, disconnected from the tech mainstream.
    Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • President Biden’s position on the dispute has been reflexively pro-union and disconnected from actual events.
    The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Soon, her home began to tilt under the force of the floodwater, and a chunk of the house detached.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • It was attached on one end to a light post and had detached from another anchor on the other side of the four-lane road.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Students would have sat on the floor rather than at desks and they wouldn’t have been separated by grade and skill level, like today.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Learning is divided into grades and separated by age and aptitude.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Friendships, family and professional relationships have been damaged or severed as seemingly insurmountable tensions boil between Americans who see the war – and those in support of one side or the other – as morally wrong or hostile to their safety and existence.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The company has already severed ties with major enterprise software providers like Salesforce and Workday, opting instead to develop its own applications, likely built on OpenAI's infrastructure.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Bated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bated. Accessed 5 Dec. 2024.

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