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as in boarded
to provide food or meals for
a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry
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as in provided
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article
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as in ate
to take a meal
an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively
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Recent Examples of fed
Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
This fed an anti-vax movement that flummoxed an administration which hadn’t imagined its breadth or power.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
This balancing act -- holding both her grief and her drive to keep going -- fed her work as a grief counselor and end-of-life photographer for families.
—Maggie Penman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
One group of dogs, including Ralph, were fed a pill containing rapamycin.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Maribel fed him fideo, blowing gently on the spoon before each bite.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2026
Operating up top, Hagens fed Gasseau down low on the right side and Gasseau zipped a perfect cross-ice pass to Letourneau, who ripped it past a helpless Muszelik.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Just a month ago, investors were expecting the Federal Reserve to cut its fed-funds interest rate at least once, if not twice this year, a move that would influence interest rates overall and indirectly drive down the cost of buying a home.
—Brian Cheung, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
Each ship name in the class has fed into a theme on board, with Wish tied to enchantment, Treasure to adventure and Destiny to heroes and villains.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
This is fed by an ongoing cultural disconnect between emotional and physical pain.
—Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
This fed an anti-vax movement that flummoxed an administration which hadn’t imagined its breadth or power.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
This balancing act -- holding both her grief and her drive to keep going -- fed her work as a grief counselor and end-of-life photographer for families.
—Maggie Penman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
One group of dogs, including Ralph, were fed a pill containing rapamycin.
—Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Maribel fed him fideo, blowing gently on the spoon before each bite.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2026
Operating up top, Hagens fed Gasseau down low on the right side and Gasseau zipped a perfect cross-ice pass to Letourneau, who ripped it past a helpless Muszelik.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Just a month ago, investors were expecting the Federal Reserve to cut its fed-funds interest rate at least once, if not twice this year, a move that would influence interest rates overall and indirectly drive down the cost of buying a home.
—Brian Cheung, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
Each ship name in the class has fed into a theme on board, with Wish tied to enchantment, Treasure to adventure and Destiny to heroes and villains.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed
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This bonkers show from the darkly comedic mind of artist Jhonen Vasquez must have boarded the fastest spaceship from the planet Conventia, arriving far too early on our television sets.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Officials at the embassy in Manama continued running convoys and ensuring everyone had visas required to cross the border until Thursday of that week, when the final eight people and 19 pets left to be evacuated were boarded onto vehicles and shuttled out of Bahrain.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Officers worked to free the trapped passenger and provided medical aid until other EMS personnel and rescue crews arrived.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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According to the allergy tracker, Boise could experience similar pollen levels on Friday, March 27, and throughout the weekend, with a dramatic dip on Tuesday, March 31.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Mar. 2026
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The nationwide average for a gallon of gas was closing in on $4, GasBuddy’s tracker showed, roughly flat compared to Monday but up a dollar compared to a month ago.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Boxed lunches were catered from grab-and-go café Mendocino Farms.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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After the carpet, guests entered one of two open-air courtyards for a preshow reception catered by Wolfgang Puck and from which a preshow telecast was being hosted by Ariana DeBose and Lil Rel Howery.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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All three of Liverpool’s draws owed much to Olsson, who scored and assisted both goals against West Ham United and supplied the lone goals against Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Detectives found evidence suggesting that Dushay had allegedly supplied narcotics to the man prior to the overdose and tampered with evidence at the scene, Wellington said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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The president previously dined with Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, between his two terms, and Carlson has continued to visit the White House.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Inside the restaurant, even in this offseason, the small space was full; a few dined alfresco, unbothered by the crisp evening air.—
Vic O'Sullivan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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The team's 33-15 loss gave it a 2-11 record, which is the worst nark in the NFC.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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You’re automatically dubbed a narc, a kiss-ass, a too-cool.—
Brandi California,
SPIN,
1 July 2024
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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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