deal with
phrasal verb
dealt with; dealing with; deals with
1
: to be about (something) : to have (something) as a subject
Her speech dealt with health care and the nation's economy.
The film deals with some serious issues.
2
: to make business agreements with (someone)
He deals fairly with all his customers.
Their salespeople are very easy to deal with.
3
: to do something about (a person or thing that causes a problem or difficult situation)
The government dealt harshly with the rebels.
I'll deal with you later.
We weren't able/equipped/prepared to deal with such a large crowd of people.
4
: to accept or try to accept (something that is true and cannot be changed)
She's still trying to deal with his death.
The weather is bad, but we'll just have to deal with it.
Examples of deal with in a Sentence
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That’s also maybe some way of Sheldon dealing with his grief about his dad as a young adult is to focus on the bad things.
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Jim Halterman, Variety, 17 May 2024
McMahon said one team at MSF also wrote a storybook on grief and how to deal with grief when losing so many family members and friends.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 May 2024
But the cross-country move wasn't easy: First Sheldon had to deal with the loss of his father, George Sr.
—EW.com, 17 May 2024
The annual gala starts the May art season in New York and raises money for the Met’s Costume Institute, the department that deals with the art history of fashion.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 16 May 2024
The bill increased the number of air traffic controllers — which have been dealing with an alarming shortage — added more safety inspectors at aircraft factories, and implemented new rules regarding airline refunds and family seating policies.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024
That said, Google itself struck a $60 million deal with Reddit in February to source content, potentially for AI training purposes.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 May 2024
The government of Israel was finally paying attention to the threat, and parts of the government acted to deal with it.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Governments should also draft plans for what to do in the most important, thinkable scenarios, as well as how to deal with AGI’s many non-existential issues such as mass unemployment, runaway inequality, and energy consumption.
—Otto Barten, TIME, 16 May 2024
Jim Halterman, Variety, 17 May 2024
McMahon said one team at MSF also wrote a storybook on grief and how to deal with grief when losing so many family members and friends.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 May 2024
But the cross-country move wasn't easy: First Sheldon had to deal with the loss of his father, George Sr.
—EW.com, 17 May 2024
The annual gala starts the May art season in New York and raises money for the Met’s Costume Institute, the department that deals with the art history of fashion.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 16 May 2024
The bill increased the number of air traffic controllers — which have been dealing with an alarming shortage — added more safety inspectors at aircraft factories, and implemented new rules regarding airline refunds and family seating policies.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024
That said, Google itself struck a $60 million deal with Reddit in February to source content, potentially for AI training purposes.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 16 May 2024
The government of Israel was finally paying attention to the threat, and parts of the government acted to deal with it.
—Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Governments should also draft plans for what to do in the most important, thinkable scenarios, as well as how to deal with AGI’s many non-existential issues such as mass unemployment, runaway inequality, and energy consumption.
—Otto Barten, TIME, 16 May 2024
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