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as in boarded
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
Kate Wong, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
On the second shift just 53 seconds into the game, David Pastrnak fed Morgan Geekie for his 39th of the year, which also gave Pastrnak his 100th point of the season.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
At a center for malnourished children in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, health staff weighed crying babies and fed some through a tube in their nose.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Don’t overlook that Luis Campusano’s hitting fed into a pair of recent wins over the Rockies.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Alex Wennberg carried the puck across the red line and fed Macklin Celebrini with a centering pass as the San Jose Sharks entered the Nashville Predators’ offensive zone on a 3-on-1.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
The babies were all fed a specialized formula offered in hospitals for premature babies called Similac Special Care.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
The downside of the hyper-personalization of content that LLMs allow is the creation of echo chambers, where consumers are fed ideas which already mirror their own.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
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In contrast, the babies of mammals—even egg-laying ones—need to be fed milk for a time after birth.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
On the second shift just 53 seconds into the game, David Pastrnak fed Morgan Geekie for his 39th of the year, which also gave Pastrnak his 100th point of the season.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
At a center for malnourished children in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, health staff weighed crying babies and fed some through a tube in their nose.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Don’t overlook that Luis Campusano’s hitting fed into a pair of recent wins over the Rockies.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Alex Wennberg carried the puck across the red line and fed Macklin Celebrini with a centering pass as the San Jose Sharks entered the Nashville Predators’ offensive zone on a 3-on-1.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
The babies were all fed a specialized formula offered in hospitals for premature babies called Similac Special Care.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
The downside of the hyper-personalization of content that LLMs allow is the creation of echo chambers, where consumers are fed ideas which already mirror their own.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed
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Centcom said Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit boarded the vessel, a rapid-response unit, based in Japan, which recently arrived in the Middle East.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2026
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In 2023, five of these enthusiasts boarded the OceanGate Expeditions submersible, the Titan, only to never return.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Scalping tickets wasn’t new, of course, but Kahn believed that its formalization online provided sports teams, and other entertainment businesses, with valuable information about demand that could enable them to make more money without alienating their most loyal fans.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the endorsement in a safe Democratic district is unlikely to attract the major expenditures and outreach that UNITE HERE has provided in battleground states and districts.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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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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This tracker is updated monthly using consumer price index data from BLS.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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After the doubleheader, SpaceX's Starlink network totaled more than 10,200 satellites, according to tracker Jonathan McDowell.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The experience also includes an in-world café (catered by The Knot Churros) serving Instagrammable sweet treats and Peppa Pig Market, an interactive gift shop inspired modelled on the supermarket in the show.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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The 8 Degree Pedal comes with one set of medium-tension springs preinstalled, which are catered towards most riders.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mikal Bridges supplied early scoring.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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At least 126 solar projects proposed since the beginning of 2024 are awaiting regulatory approval, according to a Grist and AP analysis of the latest information developers supplied to the Energy Information Administration.—
Ayurella Horn-Muller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Prior to the meeting, Egenberg and his wife had dined with Motta and Alfortish.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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More allegations of dining and dashing Nelson, of Montgomery County, had allegedly dined and dashed at restaurants up and down Belair Road.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The team's 33-15 loss gave it a 2-11 record, which is the worst nark in the NFC.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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You’re automatically dubbed a narc, a kiss-ass, a too-cool.—
Brandi California,
SPIN,
1 July 2024
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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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