Thesaurus results for WIELDS

wields

verb

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present tense third-person singular of wield

as in exerts

to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively wields considerable influence in the field of women's sports

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Labor advocates argue that the level of control Amazon exerts over these workers' conditions more closely resembles an employer-employee relationship.

Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This in turn can spur evolutionary genetic and metabolic investments that protect against, or repair, the damage life exerts on cells.

Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024

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