fared; faring
1
: to get along or manage in a specified way
How did you fare on your exam?
The team fared better/worse this year.
animals that fare well/poorly in captivity
Examples of fare in a Sentence
The Mystery Maid, a halibut and black cod schooner, had fared badly of late and was in the process of being overhauled.
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David Guterson, Snow Falling On Cedars, 1994
… genuinely new creations do not usually fare well with mainstream publishers in any age.
—Erica Jong, New York Times Book Review, 5 June 1988
Back upstairs, I put on a gold lamé dress and fared forth to the first big dinner of 1968 …
—Lady Bird Johnson 25 Jan. 1968,
in A White House Diary, 1970
residents of the flood-ravaged town are faring much better than one might have expected
families can be seen faring along the road to the campground while driving or towing all manner of conveyance
David Guterson, Snow Falling On Cedars, 1994
… genuinely new creations do not usually fare well with mainstream publishers in any age.
—Erica Jong, New York Times Book Review, 5 June 1988
Back upstairs, I put on a gold lamé dress and fared forth to the first big dinner of 1968 …
—Lady Bird Johnson 25 Jan. 1968,
in A White House Diary, 1970
residents of the flood-ravaged town are faring much better than one might have expected
families can be seen faring along the road to the campground while driving or towing all manner of conveyance
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With bitcoin mired in a months-long downturn, Strategy’s sharp sell-off is the clearest signal yet of how the bitcoin treasury model could fare under sustained pressure.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Also, how will Team USA fare in the global tournament?
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
Charles Winegardner, who grew up in Lothian and starred at Coastal Carolina, carded a 5-over 76 in the morning, but fared worse in the afternoon with a 9-over 80 for a two-round total of 156.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2026
The mice that typically survived at high rates fared much worse when housed with KTI-3 mice, with their survival falling to 10%.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Also, how will Team USA fare in the global tournament?
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
Charles Winegardner, who grew up in Lothian and starred at Coastal Carolina, carded a 5-over 76 in the morning, but fared worse in the afternoon with a 9-over 80 for a two-round total of 156.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2026
The mice that typically survived at high rates fared much worse when housed with KTI-3 mice, with their survival falling to 10%.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
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“Fare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fare. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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fare
1 of 2 verb
ˈfa(ə)r 
ˈfe(ə)r
fared; faring
fare
2 of 2 noun1
: food sense 1
a café serving light fare
2
a
: the money a person pays to travel by public transportation (as a bus)
b
: a person paying a fare : passenger
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