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treated

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verb

past tense of treat
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as in handled
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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of treated
Verb
She was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Musk has repeatedly treated the sports car as a lower priority than Tesla’s other projects, while also blaming supply chain shortages for earlier delays. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 But chefs also note that not every type of rice should be treated the same. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 For decades, the family has treated its fields as part farmland and part wildlife habitat. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 On the one hand, Shylock’s mistreatment in the play isn’t a million miles away from how Jews in Venice were treated. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 To take wellness measurement seriously, the metrics must be treated with the same rigor, transparency and accountability as financial reporting. — Anand Solanki, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Those albums treated homecoming as a means of rebirth and reclamation; creole culture moves on the same wavelength but is more coy about the references. — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026 Later, hundreds of protesters gathered outside New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in upper Manhattan where the man who was shot was being treated. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for treated
Adjective
  • Persist toward Ithaca, but be prepared to correct your course as the winds and circumstances change.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In her first and only press briefing on Tuesday, a visibly nervous Zacharia spoke from prepared remarks for about 10 minutes before taking questions from just three outlets — Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail — for another five.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Braking is handled by dual-piston hydraulic calipers clamping down on large rotors for the promise of serious stopping power even in wet weather.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Smith said Carney had substantially addressed seven of nine federal laws Alberta opposed.
    — Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Padilla said postal inspectors intercepted a suspicious parcel addressed to his office, according to reports.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The pickup’s driver, a 34-year-old woman from Garden City, Kansas, was taken into custody but was later released after police consulted with the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.
    — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
  • More complaints came in in June, and the agency contacted the people who filed them and gave them information about coyote behavior and consulted with the state about residents’ concerns.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Advertisement Ask your dentist to examine the tissue beneath the denture, especially if a sore hasn’t healed after two weeks.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But for Dolla $ign, time hasn’t healed the wound left by his close friend’s early departure.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Low-fiber, constipating diets are rich in highly processed or fast foods and dehydrating beverages like excessive alcohol.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 28 June 2026
  • Nearly half of Americans don’t realize processed meat is linked to a higher risk of colorectal cancer.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The report analyzes publicly available FBI and immigration arrest data and does not include details of whether charges were dropped or if people served any time in jail or prison.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
  • According to the charges, he was previously convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery charges in Cook County in 2024, and was sentenced to 30 days' time served.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • An additional software test will examine whether computing applications can be deployed and managed reliably on the Moon.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • And no one has managed to fetch samples from Mars, let alone its moons.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Treated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treated. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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