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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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According to Raytron, its dedicated Infrared Vision-Language Model is designed around these characteristics rather than treating thermal images simply as another form of conventional imagery.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
But Lundquist cautioned against automatically treating Gen Z’s choices as irresponsible when the generation is making them under different economic conditions than its parents faced.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

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Boston was handling additional traffic as flights were diverted from airports affected by the Philadelphia outage.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Beauty and precision on your wrist by this masterful Swiss maker, who spent years handling the most complicated, precious pieces at Patek Philippe—the OG along with Voutilainen, Dufour, and Smith.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026

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Downstairs, in what used to be the bank’s vault, is Subterra, a chic listening bar serving small bites like shrimp croquettes and Wagyu sliders, plus technique-heavy cocktails.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
The deal will see Dawn Apollo develop and produce content spanning scripted, unscripted, and animation, with Hamilton serving as EP on all projects.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

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Post-reaction analysis using scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, or SEM/EDX, also showed morphological and compositional changes in the catalyst samples.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Spain highlighted incentives, investment, talent and infrastructure, while Greece stressed using international productions to build local capacity and training.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

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