as in treats
to behave toward in a stated way
you need to be nice to your brother
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Ataumbi also treats her dentaliums as a special occasion-only material.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025 -
Its products include the lung cancer drug Tagrisso; Lynparza, an oral treatment for ovarian cancer; and Calquence, which treats chronic lymphocytic leukemia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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On the West Coast, the cast of Pitch Perfect reunites for a photo, while pregnant Cardi B serves face.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Shippers likely won’t be able to make plans to avoid the charges, as Chattogram Port handles more than 92 percent of the total export and import cargo in and out of Bangladesh.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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In August, a lawsuit accused OpenAI of encouraging a teenager’s suicide, intensifying scrutiny around how ChatGPT handles mental health interactions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Is (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/is%20%28to%29. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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