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grappled (with)

verb

past tense of grapple (with)
as in addressed
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently a medical ethicist who grapples with extremely difficult questions all the time

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grappled (with)
  1. addressed
  2. managed
  3. handled
  4. manipulated
  5. treated
  6. negotiated
  7. took
Verb
  • Shelford addressed the deckhand’s absence during the episode as his crew grappled with a series of setbacks.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Haase addressed this, saying that of the 90 positions that were lost when Zalando’s product studio was closed, around 60 people were able to be relocated elsewhere in the company.
    — Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of addressed
Verb
  • SpaceX managed to salvage the last Starship from the Indian Ocean in July.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • To date, The Tower has managed more than 10,000 group sales leads and helped facilitate millions of dollars in theatrical group sales revenue across multiple film campaigns.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of managed
Verb
  • Under legislation known as Assembly Bill 1770, the attorney general will decide what actions justice officials should take to ensure private arbitrations required by any health plan are handled fairly and in line with state law.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • James, naturally, handled himself like a true professional, used to the global spotlight since he was put on a basketball pedestal as a teenager.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of handled
Verb
  • Mac Haddow, with the American Kratom Association, said the FDA and states that have banned kratom are conflating the natural product with synthetic and chemically manipulated ones, which are associated with adverse effects and even deaths.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The FraudClassifier model distinguishes between payments initiated by authorized and unauthorized parties and explicitly recognizes situations in which an authorized party was manipulated or acted fraudulently.
    — Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of manipulated
Verb
  • My son treated it as his personal territory for the better part of three days.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The victim was treated at a local hospital for injuries from the attack.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of treated
Verb
  • Rival Kalshi in April became the first exchange to complete a block trade, which are large transactions negotiated privately to avoid price volatility that are typical on Wall Street.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The plan is for housing on-site, but city officials stress the land is not being sold and is instead being negotiated as a long-term lease.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of negotiated
Verb
  • Gap took the idea into a more accessible realm during New York Fashion Week, announcing its new Five-Pocket Tote and the rest of Reed Krakoff’s GapBag collection with a large installation of the model at Rockefeller Center.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Luz Zavala is a mother with many questions – and the determination to find answers – after her 21-year-old son Juanito Lopez took his own life last week.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of took
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“Grappled (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grappled%20%28with%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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