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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According to the county’s trauma dashboard, local hospitals handled 1,633 motor vehicle injuries in 2024.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Soursop is a delicate fruit, so it should be handled with care.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
28 May 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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But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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This person set him up and was manipulated in many ways.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Suvali took longer to be claimed and eventually Ethan was volunteered by the room and accepted with grace.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Pressure is a privilege and, in our case, the players took those competitions seriously.—
Zach McMahon,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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McWane just finished up cancer treatments — the frontman was also treated and made a recovery from cancer a decade ago.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Jack Hayford, the founder of the King’s University, in Texas, claimed that the film was persecuting Christians, who only wanted to be treated equally.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 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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