been (to)

verb

Definition of been (to)next
past participle of be (to)
as in treated
to behave toward in a stated way you need to be nice to your brother

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  1. treated
  2. used
  3. handled
Verb
  • For most of Saturday afternoon, Boise State treated one of college football’s most daunting stadiums with a suspicious lack of reverence.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The child was treated by medics on scene and taken to Cook Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead in the emergency room.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of treated
Verb
  • Yohanna was used as a substitute for the last 12 minutes in the 4-0 thrashing of Aston Villa.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI later admitted that several of their AI models had broken out of containment and used a zero-day vulnerability to manipulate the open internet.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of used
Verb
  • And post-race Hamilton again noted how Ferrari’s teamwork execution wasn’t handled well — on Saturday or Sunday.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Vanhée handled that dilemma confidently in her first collection, for the Fall 2015 season.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of handled
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“Been (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/been%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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