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Recent Examples of wielded
The chair has historically wielded a great deal of influence over the committee's decision and helped build consensus.
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Joe Walsh, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
The tools of state security are being selectively wielded against critics.
—Binaifer Nowrojee, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
In other words, our culture’s true crime obsession may feel inescapable, even in your hometown, but that same obsession can be wielded to inspire healthier media habits while working toward a better, more compassionate worldview.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
Scientists think ancient humans wielded a whole litany of tools made from stone, bone and wood.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Scientists think ancient humans wielded a whole litany of tools made from stone, bone and wood.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In each election cycle, hope springs eternal for Texas Democrats and the labor movement that once wielded real power in Lone Star politics.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
While Harper is the example of Machiavellian plotting wielded for maximum enjoyment, Potomac’s Gizelle Bryant shows how that same kind of scheming, executed poorly, just amounts to misery for all parties involved.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2026
Of all big-time sports in the United States, college football employs the most caste-like system, where success, money and power has traditionally, and almost without exception, been wielded by the biggest, most tradition-rich football programs and everybody else fights for scraps.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
Joe Walsh, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
The tools of state security are being selectively wielded against critics.
—Binaifer Nowrojee, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
In other words, our culture’s true crime obsession may feel inescapable, even in your hometown, but that same obsession can be wielded to inspire healthier media habits while working toward a better, more compassionate worldview.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026
Scientists think ancient humans wielded a whole litany of tools made from stone, bone and wood.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Scientists think ancient humans wielded a whole litany of tools made from stone, bone and wood.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In each election cycle, hope springs eternal for Texas Democrats and the labor movement that once wielded real power in Lone Star politics.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
While Harper is the example of Machiavellian plotting wielded for maximum enjoyment, Potomac’s Gizelle Bryant shows how that same kind of scheming, executed poorly, just amounts to misery for all parties involved.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2026
Of all big-time sports in the United States, college football employs the most caste-like system, where success, money and power has traditionally, and almost without exception, been wielded by the biggest, most tradition-rich football programs and everybody else fights for scraps.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wielded
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The European Union's top diplomat accused Russia of not taking the talks seriously, calling Thursday in Brussels for more pressure to be exerted on Moscow to press it into making concessions.—
AAMER MADHANI AND SUSIE BLANN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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The European Union’s top diplomat accused Russia of not taking the talks seriously, calling Thursday in Brussels for more pressure to be exerted on Moscow to press it into making concessions.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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UltraGreen holds an 85% market share in the US for its fluorescent dye used in surgical imaging, despite raising the average cost of its dye vials in the market by 60% and 30% in 2023 and 2024.—
Bernadette Toh,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Scared of death, many men have used it, carrying death upon their shoulders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Whether analysts value that outcome as a $10 reduction in individual risk added up across everyone, or as a $10 million value directly applied to the life saved is mathematically identical.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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