bating

present participle of bate

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Verb
  • The company and store owners sued, arguing players could use an optional preview feature, removing the element of chance.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • If the President believes that imposing, removing, or amending tariffs is an appropriate policy measure, Congress has given him tools to pursue those goals.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • You are entitled to a refund of the security deposit or any balance left after deducting legitimate charges, according to Legal Aid of North Carolina.
    Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The review added that the ongoing bit about the deducting from a charitable donation for longer speech set a negative tone.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The leap from knots to links is a relatively small one, but mathematicians can extend the ideas of knot theory to study mind-bending concepts such as higher-dimensional knots, surfaces with knotted edges and difficult-to-imagine objects obtained by subtracting a knot from three-dimensional space.
    Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Business inventories also shrank, subtracting over three percentage points from GDP.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Failing to install the device, or disconnecting or tampering with it, could result in a $600 fine or six months in jail.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Some destinations lend themselves particularly well to disconnecting.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Emptying the dust cup was simple thanks to clear arrow indicators, although detaching it from the wand first added a small inconvenience.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That means hanging out with old friends less, making more of an effort to meet new ones, letting go of some old hobbies to explore new ones, detaching from my hometown and maybe even getting a new job.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the civil war shows little sign of abating.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Interest in the sausages shows no sign of abating.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These getaways centered around learning are taking off in popularity, and destinations and hotels are taking notice.
    Essence, Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Photos released earlier by the command also show MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters taking off from the destroyer USS and the amphibious transport dock USS during a SINKEX as part of Exercise UNITAS 2025 on September 28.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • She wed Thomas Evans in 2022, later separating.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The project features nearly 5,000 feet of new pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, including a dedicated path, new crosswalks and barriers separating vehicles from walkers, according to a news release from Louisville Parks and Recreation.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Bating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bating. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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