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well-treated

adjective

  1. not subjected to threats, harm, or other bad treatment

    hostages were well treated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He told CBS he was well-treated during his time in Syrian captivity.

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However, Mr Timmerman appears to have been relatively well-treated, telling CBS: "I'm feeling well. I've been fed and I've been watered, so I'm feeling well."

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One of the first of those was that slavery was benign and enslaved persons were generally well-treated.

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It came after the Grand National weights had been announced so potentially well-treated, although jumping needs to sharpen up to put rivals to the sword.

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“They’re growing up in countries where, on paper, Latin American women’s lives look like they should be fairly well-treated, but that’s not their experience on the ground. So they’re angry,” said Jennifer Piscopo, professor of Gender and Politics at the Royal Holloway University of London who has studied Latin America for decades.

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