as in addressed
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests
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Recent Examples of fielded
Hart fielded a bounce pass from Jalen Brunson at the top of the key.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Sakakihara fielded massive financial support from wealthy tech interests in the weeks leading up to election day that spent millions in advertising and other supportive independent expenditures.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
During Miami’s two periods of special teams work Malik Washington fumbled his first kickoff return, but most of the other punt returners and kickoff returned fielded their attempts well.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Part of the credit goes to Sandoval and Vasquez Duran, who took batting practice and fielded groundballs when Guijarro opened the field to practice.
—Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 2 June 2026
At a press conference live-streamed on X, Uthmeier vowed to work with other states that want to protect kids to hold OpenAI accountable and fielded questions from reporters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Neros confirmed that Crossbow Block 2 is already shipping to customers and will be fielded during the upcoming Gauntlet 2 event under the Department of Defense’s Drone Dominance program.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
Kisch fielded the ball, tagged the runner on second, who retreated to the bag, then tagged the bag to force the runner on first and end the game.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Padilla said his office has fielded requests from hundreds of DACA recipients this year.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Sakakihara fielded massive financial support from wealthy tech interests in the weeks leading up to election day that spent millions in advertising and other supportive independent expenditures.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
During Miami’s two periods of special teams work Malik Washington fumbled his first kickoff return, but most of the other punt returners and kickoff returned fielded their attempts well.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Part of the credit goes to Sandoval and Vasquez Duran, who took batting practice and fielded groundballs when Guijarro opened the field to practice.
—Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 2 June 2026
At a press conference live-streamed on X, Uthmeier vowed to work with other states that want to protect kids to hold OpenAI accountable and fielded questions from reporters.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
Neros confirmed that Crossbow Block 2 is already shipping to customers and will be fielded during the upcoming Gauntlet 2 event under the Department of Defense’s Drone Dominance program.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
Kisch fielded the ball, tagged the runner on second, who retreated to the bag, then tagged the bag to force the runner on first and end the game.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Padilla said his office has fielded requests from hundreds of DACA recipients this year.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fielded
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But critics questioned if the arrangement fully addressed the core national security concerns that motivated the TikTok ban legislation in the first place because ByteDance was set to retain control of some of the US app’s operations.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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The complaint, seen by The Athletic, was accompanied by a letter addressed to California attorney general Rob Bonta.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Seydou Traore caught an impressive touchdown pass from Cam Miller, who was the third quarterback who handled all the snaps this week while Mark Gronowski, an undrafted rookie, watched the 11-on-11 periods.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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Through a licensing partnership handled by IMG Licensing, Alex and Ani is turning characters, symbols and settings from Prythian into a line of collectible jewelry.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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Any improvements to the crappie house and boat slips would have to be managed by Plyler, Spicer said.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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But this divide cannot be managed if it’s not measured.—
Matt Rosenbaum,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Benchmaxing, by contrast, is about the structural conditions under which the entire industry evaluates itself—and, the research argues, those conditions are routinely manipulated or ignored.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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With enough optimization and intervention, their argument goes, the body can be manipulated into becoming fully knowable, mastered, perfect.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Brendan Banfield and the 26-year-old au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, both took the stand during the double-murder trial and offered conflicting accounts about the killings.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Throughout the trial, stress took an enormous toll on Jackson, defense attorney Mark Geragos said in the docuseries.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Some of these experimental monoclonal antibodies were shipped overseas so that the American doctor could be treated with them while on his way to additional care.—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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The police negotiated the release of two hostages on Tuesday.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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In fact, the city would be adopting a version of the reform agreement Louisville had previously negotiated with the Biden administration and hiring an outside monitor to oversee its progress.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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“Fielded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fielded. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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