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Recent Examples of wields
Where Reagan sought leverage to pry open markets, Trump wields tariffs like blunt instruments to close them.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Nigeria, the most populous country with over 230 million people, wields significant cultural influence across the region and internationally.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
Asta is the only one in this world without any magical abilities, while Yuno wields exceptional power, but both share a common dream to become the Wizard King.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Six are former members of China’s apex Central Military Commission (CMC), the tiny cabal led by Xi who wields the greatest power over the PLA.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Trump’s budget director, Russell Vought, wields the scythe.
—Lisa Riordan Seville, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2025
Wyeth wields his power to criticize Black cultural production and the use of race as a critical framework for viewing the world instead.
—Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
By being the dominant partner in 2Africa, Meta now wields enormous power over the future of communication in many nations.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The definitive ranking of the women at the top of the global business world tells us both who wields power today and who is poised to climb even higher tomorrow.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Nigeria, the most populous country with over 230 million people, wields significant cultural influence across the region and internationally.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
Asta is the only one in this world without any magical abilities, while Yuno wields exceptional power, but both share a common dream to become the Wizard King.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Six are former members of China’s apex Central Military Commission (CMC), the tiny cabal led by Xi who wields the greatest power over the PLA.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Trump’s budget director, Russell Vought, wields the scythe.
—Lisa Riordan Seville, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2025
Wyeth wields his power to criticize Black cultural production and the use of race as a critical framework for viewing the world instead.
—Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
By being the dominant partner in 2Africa, Meta now wields enormous power over the future of communication in many nations.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The definitive ranking of the women at the top of the global business world tells us both who wields power today and who is poised to climb even higher tomorrow.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wields
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The team traced this distortion to optostriction, where the electromagnetic field of light exerts a small but measurable mechanical force on the atoms.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Kwei uses his last breath to send his brother to Genna, offering him a chance to at least attempt his first hunt.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Dancing with the Stars contestant also uses the Body patches.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Legal observers are also watching whether the Court’s conservative majority—which invoked the major questions doctrine to strike down Biden-era initiatives on student loans, pandemic mandates, and climate rules—applies the same standard to a Republican president.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The same applies to Stanley Black & Decker — a big Wednesday gainer.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Wields.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wields. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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