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Recent Examples of wielded
Those involved in the parade rolled by in a colorful blur on roller skates, performed flag dances and wielded bubble makers.
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Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
Jay Tavare wielded the killer glove and mask in the 1994 Street Fighter movie.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
To guarantee their rule in perpetuity, pro-slavery Southerners wielded federal authority against their opponents and brazenly attacked any institution, law, practice, or norm that did not serve their purposes.
—Time, 5 Sep. 2025
These numbers may seem small, but their effect is profound, especially when wielded by longtime Aston design chief Marek Reichman and his team, who have masterfully created a timeless brand language that continues to evolve and feel au courant while never capitulating to trends.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Newsmax argues that Fox has wielded a similar playbook to keep it from growing, bullying distributors from carrying its channels by conditioning carriage deals on them agreeing not to carry competing right-leaning news channels.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden's signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
What’s less acknowledged is that this same tactic was once wielded against Black communities right here at home.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Knowledge is power, as the saying goes, and knowledge wielded to dismantle empire and systems of oppression is dangerous to imperialism and capitalism.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 8 Sep. 2025
Jay Tavare wielded the killer glove and mask in the 1994 Street Fighter movie.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
To guarantee their rule in perpetuity, pro-slavery Southerners wielded federal authority against their opponents and brazenly attacked any institution, law, practice, or norm that did not serve their purposes.
—Time, 5 Sep. 2025
These numbers may seem small, but their effect is profound, especially when wielded by longtime Aston design chief Marek Reichman and his team, who have masterfully created a timeless brand language that continues to evolve and feel au courant while never capitulating to trends.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Newsmax argues that Fox has wielded a similar playbook to keep it from growing, bullying distributors from carrying its channels by conditioning carriage deals on them agreeing not to carry competing right-leaning news channels.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden's signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
What’s less acknowledged is that this same tactic was once wielded against Black communities right here at home.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Knowledge is power, as the saying goes, and knowledge wielded to dismantle empire and systems of oppression is dangerous to imperialism and capitalism.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wielded
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Still, all this comes at a time when Trump has rolled over his political opposition and has exerted his muscle against the media, private law firms and individual enemies.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
5 Sep. 2025
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The sheer cultural density of science fiction has undoubtedly exerted a gravitational pull on our imagination, shaping what the general population believes could be possible, what our priorities should be, and how the future will ultimately arrive.—
Nick Foster
August 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Testing in a model plant The team added the McG cycle genes to Arabidopsis thaliana, a small weed often used in plant research.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The dating technique used on the eggs, known more formally as carbonate uranium-lead, or U-Pb, dating, is a common process for determining the age of carbonate minerals — those containing calcium, iron, manganese and magnesium.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So, perhaps the discipline to be applied here is the practice of regularly choosing to test our assumptions.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The color was applied to the top of the nail as a French tip with an empty line slit through the middle.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Wielded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wielded. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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