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as in to serve
to behave toward in a stated way
she tries to treat all of her students fairly and equally, regardless of her personal feelings toward them
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as in to manage
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
school officials treated the vandalism of the students' artwork as a very serious matter
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as in to consult
to exchange viewpoints or seek advice for the purpose of finding a solution to a problem
I will treat with my lawyer and let you know what we decide
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as in to heal
to give medical treatment to
a nurse treating a patient
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as in joy
a source of great satisfaction
spending a long weekend at a ski resort is a real treat
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Recent Examples of treat
Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Stafford, a medical missionary with the mission organization Serge, was transferred to Germany and treated at Berlin's Charite University Hospital.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The team recorded which paw the dogs used to stabilize the toy while searching for treats and repeated the test several times.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
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Verb
Victim 1 was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale with a cut on the back of his head from being hit by the gun, which required staples, and he was treated for the burn on his arm, the complaint said.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Stafford, a medical missionary with the mission organization Serge, was transferred to Germany and treated at Berlin's Charite University Hospital.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 June 2026
Noun
This treat is not very cake-like.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The team recorded which paw the dogs used to stabilize the toy while searching for treats and repeated the test several times.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treat
Verb
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For the last seven years, McNealy has served as the historic content expert for the Civil Rights Institute while also working as the department chair of history at Arthur Harold Parker High School and a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Bradley's killer, Eugene McCollom, pleaded guilty years ago and is serving a life sentence.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
Verb
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County officials said the money would be used to repair roads, fix storm damage, maintain bridges and manage roadside vegetation.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Wonder also owns and manages the kitchens, and handles delivery after buying GrubHub in a deal valued at $650 million that closed in 2025.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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After consulting the video assisted referee, the official gave Zwane a red card.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Across campuses, students work with industry leaders to consult on business challenges that help deepen emotional intelligence and communication skills, while sharpening their abilities to pitch and present campaigns to real clients as part of their classwork.—
Neeli Bendapudi,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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While Barneys became an industry icon, a combination of over-expansion, high rents, ownership changes, two bankruptcies, and a failure by latter-day management to heal the wounds, led to its total shutdown in 2020.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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Canadian filmmaker Michael Zelniker, who will receive the Taormina Film Festival‘s Special Sustainability Award on Thursday evening, is on a mission to try and heal the damages humanity is inflicting on planet Earth.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Through this deceptively simple framework, Hiraide delivers a poetic and poignant meditation on the passage of time, the meaning of work and love, and the surprise of finding joy in life’s ephemeral details.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Call it artistic expression, or maybe just a Knicks fan too busy jumping for joy to cut the outtakes.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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Another worker—in her late teens, with pink hair and braces—was renamed Chloe Skittles and posed in a room with jars of candy above the bed.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Funston used candy and toys to lure children playing outside in the Sacramento suburbs into his vehicle in 1995 and 1996, prosecutors said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Last season Hustus handled more than 16,000 lobsters all while chatting animatedly with visitors from around the world—and often introducing them to their first tastes of lobster.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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The county civil grand jury concluded the school board canceled the contract based on a misrepresentation of the facts, failed to act in students’ best interest, disparaged the school community and took actions that were supposed to be handled by district staff.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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That echoes findings of a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which visited Yerevan in May and said foreign interference included illicit political financing, cyberattacks, economic coercion and direct attempts to manipulate the electoral process.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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The number then becomes harder to interpret and easier to manipulate.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Treat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treat. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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