BATES Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

bates

verb

Definition of bates

present tense third-person singular of bate

as in removes

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Sunday says the victims should feel satisfied that this plea removes the possibility that Vereb could be found not guilty by a jury.

— Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The Internet Archive removes recordings from the site when musicians ask, but hasn’t sought advance permission to share the music online.

— Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of removes

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For example, the government deducts Medicare Part B premiums directly from many retirees’ Social Security checks.

— Pankaj Agrrawal, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
What happened Imagine an ATM that checks your balance, dispenses the money, then deducts the amount from your account.

— Emin Gün Sirer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of deducts

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Gross margin is the percentage of revenue left after a company subtracts its direct costs, so the higher the margin the better for the company.

— John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
Vitae and Willpower/Health merge into a single resource, Difficulty subtracts dice from a pool rather than raising a target number, and players roll nearly all of the dice at the table.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 30 July 2026

Definition of subtracts

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Nepali officials have said the floods were likely unleashed by a glacial collapse, which is when a large piece of ice, rock and debris suddenly detaches from a glacier on a mountain.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Protium detaches first at low temperatures, followed by deuterium, while tritium holds on the longest and requires the highest heat to release.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of detaches

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Brian takes off for Castle Leathers with Murtagh at his side, and Ellen returns to Castle Leoch to face her brothers.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
Oviedo’s Camari Solomon takes the pitch from Sebastian Galeano, makes several guys miss and takes off for the 80 yard touchdown run.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of takes off

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Armour hooks my arm, and the panic abates.

— Adam Erace, Fortune, 24 May 2026
Preserving dam integrity across northern Michigan will be important to the region once the crisis abates, said Sharen Lange, a Cheboygan business owner active in economic development, including on Cheboygan Commons.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026

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