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as in catered
to provide food or meals for
a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry
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as in provided
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article
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as in ate
to take a meal
an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively
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Recent Examples of fed
Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Every crash is meticulously analysed by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the teams, and every lesson is fed back into the design of both race cars and, eventually, road vehicles.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
With the addition of solar and batteries on homes, hundreds of megawatts can be freed up or fed back into the grid to prevent blackouts during extreme weather while rewarding participating homeowners.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
During subsequent trials in which the fungus was removed, the wasps fed on the stinkbugs more frequently.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
She's stricken with a mysterious disease that forces her to be fed through a tube, and Linda goes to battle regularly with her doctors who are seemingly unable to help.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
In this case, that was Gordon, who fed Jokic on the right elbow, then followed a screen from Johnson into the paint.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Balloon data is fed directly into the sophisticated computer models used to predict the weather.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Similar to previously released hostages, those who returned on Monday appeared thin, suggesting they were not adequately fed.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
Instead, Zach Benson fed a perfect pass to Ryan McLeod for a short-handed goal that sparked the crowd.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Every crash is meticulously analysed by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the teams, and every lesson is fed back into the design of both race cars and, eventually, road vehicles.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
With the addition of solar and batteries on homes, hundreds of megawatts can be freed up or fed back into the grid to prevent blackouts during extreme weather while rewarding participating homeowners.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
During subsequent trials in which the fungus was removed, the wasps fed on the stinkbugs more frequently.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
She's stricken with a mysterious disease that forces her to be fed through a tube, and Linda goes to battle regularly with her doctors who are seemingly unable to help.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
In this case, that was Gordon, who fed Jokic on the right elbow, then followed a screen from Johnson into the paint.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
Balloon data is fed directly into the sophisticated computer models used to predict the weather.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Similar to previously released hostages, those who returned on Monday appeared thin, suggesting they were not adequately fed.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed
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Before the lecture, there will be a community dinner catered by Viewpoint Brewing Co.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The financing for these investments could be catered for insurance capital.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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However, investors let out a sigh of relief when management left the full-year outlook unchanged and provided a fourth-quarter NII guide that was above the Street.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Enquirer media partner Fox 19 provided this report.—
Brenda Ordonez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Emergency and medical staff then reportedly boarded the plane.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Filmoption has boarded the film as Canadian distributor and will be handling world sales.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the early days of the post-colonial United States, Long Island farms supplied New York City, while the whaling industry thrived in Sag Harbor.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Nike supplied Lorch with gear coveted by players.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meghan, 44, Harry, 41, and Williams, 44, all dined at New York's Soho House.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories As the trio dined and sipped their martinis, it was agreed that with all the darkness and division in the country and around the world, this year’s EMA Awards should embrace pop culture and focus on fun.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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Police said that the driver sustained minor injuries and tested negative for any alcohol.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Some employees sustained minor injuries.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Whatever fragile political system existed in Gaza has collapsed, along with the institutions that once gave public life its structure.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Apple only gave him a gold bar valued at possibly $1 million.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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