FIELDING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

fielding

verb

present participle of field

as in handling

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 fielding Part of Breslow’s challenge has been to thread the needle between fielding a competitive team and creating a sustainable roster. —

Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026 From her opening shot, Gunvalson is hard at work in her home office, fielding calls — her workaholism would become a signature aspect of her personality throughout her run. —

Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026 Senate Republicans are fielding phone calls, emails, and letter-writing campaigns launched by outside activists who have managed to turn the MAGA base against Thune and any senator who won’t end the 60-vote filibuster. —

David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026 The play spirits us into the busy activities of a woman managing the daily economies of a Stratford household — dressing her children, taking care of provisions, fielding letters from a husband whose career keeps him away in London. —

Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026 She’s quickly forced to juggle tasks ranging from administering IVs to fielding phone calls about missing glasses. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026 Schaeffer won over most of the Rockies players quickly, but, fielding a young, inexperienced team, Colorado limped toward the finish line, going 4-21 in September. —

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026 The media and others became enamored with Chavez and the farmworker movement, said Rosie Castro, a civil rights activist in Texas who participated in fielding Mexican American candidates under La Raza Unida Party, a political party formed during the 1970s Chicano Movement. —

Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026 The technology has enabled them to compete with adversaries fielding large and sophisticated air forces. —

Scott Neuman, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026

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There is a lot of breathless talk of autonomous agents reshaping every corner of corporate America, from handling sales calls to writing code to managing supply chains.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Two civil rights lawyers who were involved in at least some of the past discussions — Andrew Braniff and Jesus Osete — are currently handling appeals in three separate cases, after federal judges denied the Justice Department's request to hand over the voter rolls.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026