as in treating
to behave toward in a stated way
you need to be nice to your brother
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Hormonal birth control pills, which help slow the growth of new tissue, are one option for treating endometriosis, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.—
KFF Health News,
Oc Register,
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That's why Schwartz discourages people from self-diagnosing and treating with cleanses.—
Sarah Boden,
NPR,
16 Mar. 2026
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Begin with any tasks that have been postponed recently before handling brand-new issues.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2026
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Sony is handling the foreign release on this as Amazon MGM Studios builds out its own foreign distribution arm.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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Eligible organizations include nonprofits or other groups with a record of serving the community, particularly those that serve Solana Beach residents.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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On-site restaurant Wanu is intimate and cozy, serving a take on local Afro-fusion cuisine.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
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The government wasn’t using autonomous weapons and claimed no mass-surveillance plans—but for a company to ask for those assurances in writing was to sign its own death warrant.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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To resolve this issue, the team developed a criterion that estimates the overlap between the prepared input state and the true ground state using the energy and energy variance of the initial state.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Being (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/being%20%28to%29. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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