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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
Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Toss foods the ants may have fed on.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Inside and outside flow together, with terraces that spill out to a heated pool, and the design has a light, sustainable touch—think solar power and spring-fed water.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Its software controls the voltage drawn from and fed back into each module individually.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
With Lamb out, Dak Prescott fed Jake Ferguson instead, who set a career high with 13 receptions as a result of Prescott looking for any sort of comfort in the pass-catching department.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
On the day of the fire, the Palisades was mainly supplied by a reservoir miles away in Bel-Air, which fed three tanks holding about a million gallons each.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
But the Steelers, for whatever reason, insisted on rushing, and their stubbornness fed into four scoreless drives in the second half.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Fred fed the hay and his sister chopped.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
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It's situated on the valley floor adjacent to the National Park Visitor Center and has a spring-fed 87-degree outdoor pool.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Toss foods the ants may have fed on.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Inside and outside flow together, with terraces that spill out to a heated pool, and the design has a light, sustainable touch—think solar power and spring-fed water.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Its software controls the voltage drawn from and fed back into each module individually.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
With Lamb out, Dak Prescott fed Jake Ferguson instead, who set a career high with 13 receptions as a result of Prescott looking for any sort of comfort in the pass-catching department.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
On the day of the fire, the Palisades was mainly supplied by a reservoir miles away in Bel-Air, which fed three tanks holding about a million gallons each.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
But the Steelers, for whatever reason, insisted on rushing, and their stubbornness fed into four scoreless drives in the second half.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Fred fed the hay and his sister chopped.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed
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One Republican operative noted the GOP has been able to target these voters by focusing on kitchen-table issues that are catered toward particular states.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
24 Sep. 2025
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The biggest concern with this announcement are the events that are often planned in the host city for WrestleMania, catered toward independent wrestlers and fans of other companies.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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DeWine signed the budget bill in June, but vetoed 67 provisions which would have provided immediate property tax relief to homeowners.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the following years, MSF provided chelation to thousands of children and the government and community organizations undertook the complex job of environmental remediation, laying fresh soil over acres of contaminated land to prevent continued poisoning.—
Tom Frieden,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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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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In the space of two years Neon has boarded four films by Oz Perkins, including box office hit Longlegs, The Monkey, and upcoming horrors The Keeper and The Young People.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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The plane returned to the gate, where passengers boarded a different plane and left for Las Vegas about two hours behind schedule.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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That included a tethered drone supplied by France’s Elistair, an Echodyne radar from the United States, and Rheinmetall’s mast and sensor package.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Royals supplied Lorenzen with ample run support.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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While in Kansas City, Bargatze also dined at the 1587 Prime steakhouse, which is co-owned by Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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This was the case when my large group of nine dined recently at The Ordinary in Charleston, where a tasting menu was required to accommodate us.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 2025
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In addition to his spinal injury, Brown sustained two broken bones in his left arm and a labrum tear.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Daniels, who sustained a pectoral injury in the opener against the Colts, remains out indefinitely but will play again this season, McDaniel has said.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Democratic nominee for mayor also gave a speech at an African Methodist church, an effort to bridge the gap with apprehensive Black voters.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
1 Oct. 2025
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Trump also gave Wall Street some assurance that the administration would give Nvidia licenses to offer its H20 AI chip in China – a crucial market for the company.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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