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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pretreat . - adjective That has been subject to
pretreatment
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Examples
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Highways and busy roads in Maryland and Virginia were also pretreated and clear.
Freezing rain, slush prompt school closings, government delays Debbi Wilgoren 2011
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A significant 2. 5-fold reduction in the added cellulase required for conversion of pretreated hardwood to ethanol; and
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » New Process Promises Better and Cheaper Ethanol 2009
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A control group of 40 patients were not pretreated.
Feeling Groggy? Your Brain May Be Half Asleep Ann Lukits 2011
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In the District, 200 trucks had pretreated bridges, ramps and elevated roads for much of Monday evening, leaving major thoroughfares such as Connecticut Avenue NW wet but easily passable.
Freezing rain, slush prompt school closings, government delays Debbi Wilgoren 2011
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Many roads in the Washington area were pretreated as the storm advanced, but slippery conditions slowed traffic to a crawl on major highways and side streets alike.
Snowstorm in Washington area causes accidents, cuts short work- and school days Ashley Halsey III 2010
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But the women enrolled in these initial trials were patients with late-stage, metastatic cancers, often heavily pretreated with standard chemotherapies and refractory to all drugs—women carrying the worst and most aggressive variants of breast cancer.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Many roads in the Washington area were pretreated as the storm advanced, but slippery conditions slowed traffic to a crawl on major highways and side streets alike.
Snowstorm in Washington area causes accidents, cuts short work- and school days Ashley Halsey III 2010
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But the women enrolled in these initial trials were patients with late-stage, metastatic cancers, often heavily pretreated with standard chemotherapies and refractory to all drugs—women carrying the worst and most aggressive variants of breast cancer.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Many roads in the Washington area were pretreated as the storm advanced, but slippery conditions slowed traffic to a crawl on major highways and side streets alike.
Snowstorm in Washington area causes accidents, cuts short work- and school days Ashley Halsey III 2010
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Many roads in the Washington area were pretreated as the storm advanced, but slippery conditions slowed traffic to a crawl on major highways and side streets alike.
Snowstorm in Washington area causes accidents, cuts short work- and school days Ashley Halsey III 2010
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