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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bated
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Though once common in the Atlantic, gray whales were hunted and removed from that ocean about 300 years ago—and only five or so have been seen in the last 15 years there and in the Mediterranean.—
Danielle Hall,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024 -
Both crosses were removed from the cathedral’s steeple and spire in 1998 for building renovations.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
24 Dec. 2024
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Like the home office deduction, the business use of your vehicle may need to be deducted from the business tax return.—
Vlad Rusz,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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This fee is deducted from your loan balance before the funds are disbursed.—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
23 Dec. 2024
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The bond market panic largely abated overnight, but US stocks tumbled despite good news from the Consumer Price Index report for last month, which found inflation cooled faster than expected.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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In the meantime, dual air assaults have not abated, underscoring the deep mistrust between the two countries.—
Constant Méheut,
New York Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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In fact, lots of people are feeling distanced or disconnected, and want to know how to start a friend group.—
Tracy Brower,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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Traditional metrics, like closing all service tickets or hitting sales quotas, often feel like top-down mandates disconnected from employees’ intrinsic motivations.—
Rasmus Holst,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Bridge The Leadership Gap When a critical disconnect emerges between senior management and frontline operations, executives often become increasingly detached from their workforce's day-to-day realities.—
Jessica Kriegel,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Consequently, employees have emotionally detached from their offices, or, in other words, their relationships with their workplaces have deteriorated.—
Ryan Anderson,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Then the dancers disappeared, too, except for Abraham and a couple, who separated and lapped the stage one last time before leaving.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Bated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bated. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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