Thesaurus results for WAS (TO)

was (to)

verb

Definition of was (to)

past tense of be (to)

as in treated

to behave toward in a stated way you need to be nice to your brother

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Adobe Stock Responsible AI is often treated as the price businesses must pay for using artificial intelligence.

— Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Unlike older buyers in their 40s and 50s who rely on cash flow to fund mortgages and college tuition, Philips has treated the business more like a compounding asset than a personal ATM.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

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Roughly a decade ago, Stapleton served as Guns N’ Roses’ one-off opener at the band’s concert at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium concert in July 2016.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
The grilled Spam and cheese sliders ($16), with thin slices of Spam seared crisp served on Hawaiian buns with pineapple-jalapeno chutney, are a flavor bomb.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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The Strait of Hormuz — which handled around one-fifth of global oil supply before the war — has seen traffic drop to a trickle with sporadic increase in ship transits on positive headlines.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
What expressiveness in the robot changed in participants was how their brains handled the moment.

— Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

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