treat
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Her first major contribution to the field of anxiety and fear-based disorders was in the 1970s and ’80s, with a therapy called exposure and response prevention that she used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
If there’s any hope of moving forward on a human, one-to-one level, how we treat each other must be drastically reexamined.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
The sooner policymakers treat that as a governing problem instead of a political one, the more options they will have.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
The receiving bank will usually treat it as “new money” because it’s coming from another financial institution.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Her favorite treat was a chocolate cupcake but whenever she started licking the frosting or crumbs off the wrapper, Mrs. Palmer said it wasn’t polite to lick the wrapper, and made her stop.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
