dealing
Americannoun
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Usually dealings. relations; business.
frequent dealings; commercial dealings.
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conduct in relations to others; treatment.
honest dealing.
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Origin of dealing
First recorded in 1250–1300, dealing is from the Middle English word deling. See deal 1, -ing 1
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That's where many residents are still dealing with the fallout from the discovery that their homes were built with a potentially dangerous building material.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
While much of the industry is dealing with elevated input costs, the burger chain is particularly vulnerable to the surge in beef prices stemming from record low cattle supply in the U.S.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The term “passive income” doesn’t begin to describe the stress and emotional labor of dealing with damage from short-term renters and cleaning/maintenance fees.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
In August 2014, Walker sent Gates what appeared to be a warning about Epstein: Gates should maintain “a healthy distance for anything of a personal nature” when dealing with Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Ophelia helped with virtually anything he requested of her, from research to dealing with patients, but she was human, too.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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