fielded

verb

past tense of field
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 Kansas redshirt freshman Bryson Hayes fielded the kickoff at the 5-yard line with the Jayhawks trailing Kansas State 7-0 early in Saturday’s Sunflower Showdown at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 The Dodgers fielded the oldest group of position players in the major leagues this season. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Henderson fielded the bunt and made a wild throw to first, enabling Tucker to score and moving Edman to second. — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Between these endpoints of hate and love came an hour-long C-SPAN broadcast, on November 30, 1993, in which the men quarrelled, teased, and fielded calls. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 In fact, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have allegedly already fielded complaints from those in the Cotswolds. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2026 Both in jeans and black blazers, Ellison and Kreiz fielded questions from the national press for nearly 30 minutes on the lot’s Stage 3. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 The Siena Research Institute at Siena University and Reconnaissance Market Research (ReconMR) fielded the poll. — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 The online survey fielded responses from 3,009 high school students and 2,501 parents of high school students from June 2026 through July 2026. — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fielded
  1. addressed
  2. handled
  3. managed
  4. manipulated
  5. took
  6. treated
  7. negotiated
Verb
  • Smith said Carney had substantially addressed seven of nine federal laws Alberta opposed.
    — Rob Gillies, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Padilla said postal inspectors intercepted a suspicious parcel addressed to his office, according to reports.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of addressed
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  • The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Braking is handled by dual-piston hydraulic calipers clamping down on large rotors for the promise of serious stopping power even in wet weather.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of handled
Verb
  • An additional software test will examine whether computing applications can be deployed and managed reliably on the Moon.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • And no one has managed to fetch samples from Mars, let alone its moons.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of managed
Verb
  • The Delhi agitation centers on allegations that voter lists were manipulated during the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers then manipulated the scenario by changing what happened after the focal bee returned to the hive and gave directions to the feeder.
    — Marta Hill, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of manipulated
Verb
  • The Brewers took a 5-4 lead on Garrett Mitchell’s solo home run in the sixth inning and added an insurance run in the ninth on Hamilton’s bomb.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the squad took his ball-respecting mantra to its logical extreme, seemingly reluctant to sully it by smashing it into the net, with Chelsea recording the biggest xG underperformance in the Premier League during his brief tenure.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of took
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  • She was treated at hospitals in Ramallah and Israel for lacerations across her body, a broken rib and four broken vertebrae.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Musk has repeatedly treated the sports car as a lower priority than Tesla’s other projects, while also blaming supply chain shortages for earlier delays.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of treated
Verb
  • Pascal Lamy negotiated China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 on behalf of the EU.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
    — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiated

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“Fielded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fielded. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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