fielded

past tense of field

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fielded On Waste Management's earnings call last week, President John Morris fielded a question from an analyst about what potential changes to the regulatory backdrop would mean. — Justin Papp,caleigh Keating,garrett Downs,kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 Poison control centers across the country have fielded thousands of calls about kids who have ingested cannabis edibles. — Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026 However, kickoffs went for touchbacks when desired, kickoff and punts were fielded without muffs and field goals and extra points were handled without an issue. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026 Throughout the four days of Polofest, Murayama and his co-founders behind the shop fielded warm greetings from admirers from around the world. — Zachary Weiss, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026 Several parties have fielded high-profile mayoral candidates and mounted extensive campaigns. — ABC News, 1 Nov. 2026 In a governance outlook survey of 340 corporate directors fielded in late 2025, 60% ranked the board’s oversight of strategy execution as the single area most needing improvement heading into 2026, well ahead of strategy development itself. — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Google’s regular, non-AI search, meanwhile, correctly fielded the 2020 query. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026 Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed last month that the Pentagon has fielded weapons in space, making the United States the first nation to acknowledge possession of orbital weapons. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fielded
Verb
  • In a post last week, Musk also addressed the government's relationship to Starlink and its missile-tracking Starshield program.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In 2020, a soil scientist from Washington State University addressed this, shortly after Seattle founded the first US company, Recompose, to commercialize NOR.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Pando has since handled more than 57 terabytes of Git packfiles in a single hour.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Tia, on her end, handled the ambush skillfully, parrying jabs without raising her voice to prevent Wendy from having any opening to feign victimization.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Deckhand Matt may just be the most audacious toe-stepper to debut in this franchise since Alesia, who, in the last season of Down Under, managed to rearrange the interior team according to her own proclivities.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
  • This looming ban — slipped into a sweeping budget bill passed by Congress last year — was set to go into effect this November before a bipartisan coalition of senators managed to punt the deadline by a month, to December 11.
    — Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Some were manipulated with simpler or non-AI tools, including Photoshop.
    — Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In contrast, Karmy-Jones said Brand remembers very little of the women and manipulated his account after reading the prosecution’s case.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That one, the Panthers gained a total of eight net yards and settled for a field goal and took a 3-0 lead.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Other celebrities who suffered from the condition include Robin Williams, who took his own life at 63, and Casey Kasem.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Cybersecurity can no longer be treated as an issue only for the IT department.
    — Michael Miebach, Time, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The first is to bake the value proposition into the initial ask so benefits to farmers aren’t treated as an afterthought at the end of the supply chain.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The current agreement, which was negotiated and signed toward the end of the Obama administration, is set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2028.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • According to various reports, Joe went out and negotiated a new contract without telling Troy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Fielded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fielded. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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