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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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Instead of treating production as a series of separate steps, the model is intended to create a smoother flow of materials, modules and work through the factory.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Surely, that will be consumed by production equipment as the NFL is treating this game like a mini-Super Bowl, complete with the Jonas Brothers performing at halftime.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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The robot is designed as a general-purpose platform capable of handling a broad range of applications and improving through self-reinforcement from real-world experience.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
The only people who seem to, frankly, are the leaders at Western Michigan, the ones with the biggest complaint about this and the ones who seem to be handling it the most maturely.

— Will Leitch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Bozzolla will be serving her authentic beef empanadas, made with a generational family recipe.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
While Meloni now leads the longest-lasting single government of the republican era, Berlusconi remains Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister when time served across multiple governments is combined.

— Silvia Stellacci, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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Researchers in the United States are shaping the nanoscience frontier, using atomic‑scale control to accelerate advances in electronics, energy storage, catalysis, sensing and medicine.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Countries where high schoolers reported using digital devices for around two to three hours per day in school saw higher test scores, but scores fell once tech use climbed beyond that.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

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