bated

past tense of bate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bated
Verb
  • Blake Snell — who also had loose bodies removed from his pitching elbow, undergoing a NanoNeedle Scope procedure on May 19 — threw two simulated innings to batters Saturday.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Lime and hard-water deposits can be removed by soaking all the parts in warm white vinegar for a few hours.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • The results include deducted one-off expenses for employee bonus provisions.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • The site does the advertising, booking and payment collection in exchange for a 30% fee that’s deducted from the teacher’s earnings.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Israeli attacks, though lessened, have not fully abated, with near-daily strikes killing at least 1,072 people since the ceasefire took effect.
    Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Iran war sparked big worry in March, but that seems to have abated.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Attorney’s fees will also need to be subtracted from the settlement fund prior to payments being made.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 2 July 2026
  • Washington subtracted after adding two potential difference-makers in trades for Jordan Kyrou and Alex Tuch.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • Violators get warning letters before fines are given, and ultimately, water may be disconnected.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The three momentous events stand on their own, detached enough to seem entirely unrelated.
    Vahe Gregorian July 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Make sure to only collect loose seaweed that’s detached from rocks and is no longer growing.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 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 13 Jul. 2026.

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