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grapples (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of grapple (with)
as in addresses
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 grapples (with)
  1. addresses
  2. manages
  3. handles
  4. manipulates
  5. treats
  6. takes
  7. negotiates
Verb
  • The drilling partnership therefore addresses a fundamental part of the deployment model.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This deal permanently and completely addresses our national security concerns in Greenland.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of addresses
Verb
  • That capacity will be needed as Britain manages several submarine programs at the same time.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Andra Bennett, a spokesperson for the city’s public events department, which manages the convention center, said the demolition of the center’s arena is the next phase in a project that has spanned two decades.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of manages
Verb
  • Bruemmer’s own description of how Cleveland Clinic handles aggressive dietary interventions signals where this is going.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The answer to this question tells me a lot about how someone handles disagreement.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of handles
Verb
  • The series follows Mónica, a newly qualified lawyer who learns to defraud clients, manipulates her family to secure an inheritance, then betrays her mentor.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In an interview with the Shade Room last year, Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, claimed McDowell pushed the singer into performing and manipulates her.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulates
Verb
  • The movie treats its main character with a devotion as unquestioning as the canine does.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Pisces Moon in your finance zone squares your ruler Uranus in your playful 5th house, making spontaneous plans, tickets, hobbies, or treats harder to resist.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of treats
Verb
  • Maintaining a lush, healthy lawn takes year-round diligence to keep soil healthy and weeds, pests, and diseases at bay.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The decision to construct the film around precisely five-minute takes presents a formidable formal and technical challenge.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of takes
Verb
  • Still, the complete omission of the TV (or film) studios is surprising, as is the lack of mention of Paramount’s pay cable network Showtime, which, like the basic cable nets, negotiates carriage agreements.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In the weeks that follow, Magnolia plans her daughter’s birthday, negotiates her relationship with her daughter’s father, and coördinates medical care for her aging parents, who are living in Haiti amid growing violence.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of negotiates
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