bating

present participle of bate

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Verb
  • The robot vacuum has 8,000Pa suction and a multidirectional floating roller brush with rubber and bristles, which does an excellent job of removing dust and debris from carpets.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But whereas many abundance advocates typically talk about removing government impediments to growth, such as zoning restrictions, Rodrik focusses on government interventions.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • You are entitled to a refund of the security deposit or any balance left after deducting legitimate charges, according to Legal Aid of North Carolina.
    Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The review added that the ongoing bit about the deducting from a charitable donation for longer speech set a negative tone.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That hefty figure is also one of many variables, since virtually every buyer chooses to customize their Celestiq in some way, adding or subtracting from the final cost.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
  • To estimate your optimal heart rate zone for exercise, start by subtracting your age from 220 to get your maximum heart rate.
    Cyra-Lea Drummond, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Momentôm Refuges Nature offers a full immersion in the forest—quiet, intimate, and perfect for disconnecting after a day on the slopes.
    Outside, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In light of the delays, the NEADA is calling on utilities to suspend the practice of disconnecting service for households who don’t pay their bills until federal LIHEAP funds are released.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ford had recalled 175,000 vehicles on Wednesday, owing to moonroof wind deflectors detaching.
    Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Emptying the dust cup was simple thanks to clear arrow indicators, although detaching it from the wand first added a small inconvenience.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the civil war shows little sign of abating.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Interest in the sausages shows no sign of abating.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At least seven people are dead and 11 injured after a UPS plane crashed after taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) on Tuesday evening.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • What to know As Wallace’s career was taking off, so was the oil boom.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Yet, asked specifically about the fine hairs separating the top three undefeated teams in this first ranking, Mack Rhoades, the committee chair and athletic director at Baylor, sounded like a man torn between numbers and gut feelings.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • To overcome the challenge, the scientists used state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to sift through massive amounts of data, separating the elusive tWZ signal from background noise.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Bating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bating. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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