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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
Amethyst Ganaway,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
After each cleaning session, the larvae were fed fruit or vegetable peels, since feeding only on flesh can prevent the superworms from molting or even hasten their death.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
While other companies have spent millions to keep employees fed, Nvidia paid its workers back in company ownership.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
The move came down the Norwegian right, as Patrick Berg was fed in with an exquisite through ball.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The hot weather in Michigan is fed by a high pressure system.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Asking it to produce a fairer result than the historical data it was fed, is akin to asking a copy machine for an original and being surprised by, well, the copy.
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Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
It’s suspected the victim was fed only one meal a day, the warrant reports.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
As the foxes died, the ticks that had fed on them found another primary host—the shrewlike native bandicoot, which Australians had worked hard to reëstablish.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Whole hogs, widely available and suitable for slow, open-fire cooking that fed large communal gatherings, became central to the area’s emerging cuisine.
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Amethyst Ganaway,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
After each cleaning session, the larvae were fed fruit or vegetable peels, since feeding only on flesh can prevent the superworms from molting or even hasten their death.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
While other companies have spent millions to keep employees fed, Nvidia paid its workers back in company ownership.
—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
The move came down the Norwegian right, as Patrick Berg was fed in with an exquisite through ball.
—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
The hot weather in Michigan is fed by a high pressure system.
—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Asking it to produce a fairer result than the historical data it was fed, is akin to asking a copy machine for an original and being surprised by, well, the copy.
—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
It’s suspected the victim was fed only one meal a day, the warrant reports.
—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026
As the foxes died, the ticks that had fed on them found another primary host—the shrewlike native bandicoot, which Australians had worked hard to reëstablish.
—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed
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This one also doubles as a GPS tracker, bug detector, and safety alarm.
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The 24 satellites increased the total number of active relays in the Starlink network to more than 10,700, according to tracker Jonathan McDowell.
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On Thursday, windows and doors at the formerly wide-open home, about 60 miles southeast of Columbus, had been boarded up.
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Challenge accepted While visitors boarded the ships to learn about foreign cultures, sailors operating the vessels found their own ways to connect with their international counterparts.
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Before the World Cup, Dioz provided employee uniforms for events including Super Bowl LIX and Copa America, which may have given it a leg up on the FIFA contact.
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Now in its 18th year, The Zac Foundation has provided free water safety camps to more than 25,000 kids in at-risk communities.
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.
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The team's 33-15 loss gave it a 2-11 record, which is the worst nark in the NFC.
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The software, which would effectively act like a narc embedded on people’s iPhones, could have unintended consequences, critics said, despite Apple’s assurances that it would be used solely to stop child predators.
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Chandeliers lit up the inside of the venue, while one of Swift's favorite restaurants, Sartiano’s, catered.
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Meta hosted a beautiful evening party right on the beach, catered by the wildly viral Cedric Grolet.
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The home of the Chiefs has had louder moments than Friday supplied, and probably far louder moments than Friday.
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For their latest collaboration, released on July 4, 2026, Longwood Gardens supplied Victory with kumquats, a citrus fruit about the size of a grape.
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In Nuuk, Horn dined multiple times with Pele Broberg, the head of the Naleraq Party.
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The pair dined at a Mexican restaurant followed by dessert at a cookie shop.
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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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