being (to)

verb

Definition of being (to)next
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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  1. treating
  2. serving
  3. using
Verb
  • More direct treatments can lessen the pathogen load in the environment, but treating coral colonies individually and by hand like the team in the study is not feasible long-term or on a large scale.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Congress has a history of treating oxygen companies generously.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of treating
Verb
  • Just before serving, stir in the sparkling water for a refreshing fizz then pour into glasses over ice and garnish with lemon slices, fresh mint and/or rosemary sprigs.
    Jillian Dara, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The brothers are currently serving life sentences for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of serving
Verb
  • Starting as exceptionally skilled gunmen using common or market long guns, the profession and its tools have changed beyond all recognition today.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • One-fourth of American service members cast absentee ballots that year, with some 100,000 using Official Federal War Ballots that depended entirely on write-in entries.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of using
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“Being (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/being%20%28to%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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