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being (to)

verb

Definition of being (to)

present participle of be (to)

as in treating

to behave toward in a stated way you need to be nice to your brother

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In September, every ward in Sylhet's 100-bed Shahid Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital, which is treating measles, appeared overwhelmed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
With the Patriots and Bills accounting for four games on the schedule, the Jets can’t keep treating divisional victories as occasional breakthroughs.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of treating

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Employee did not wash hands after handling raw food and changing gloves, before handling ready to eat foods.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
About one-quarter of AAPI adults approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president overall.

— Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of handling

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While serving as a public health official, el Sayed wrote an op-ed in 2019 strongly supporting the Green New Deal, arguing that reducing greenhouse gas emissions will help improve public health.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
The family has partnered with Salvation Brands to bring the brand to market, with White serving as chief executive officer.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of serving

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With loans, there is an expectation that the campaign — using donor funds — will pay the candidate back, said Shanna Ports, a senior legal counsel for the nonpartisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Learning from human demonstrations offers another way to develop skills by using examples of how a task should be performed.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

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