as in employing
to provide with a paying job
the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks
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Recent Examples of feeing
Now its 2026 races could have national importance, and both Republicans and Democrats are feeing cautiously optimistic.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Being here in the city that raised me is a dope feeing and putting a Knicks jersey on is pretty surreal for me.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Being here in the city that raised me is a dope feeing and putting a Knicks jersey on is pretty surreal for me.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeing
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But most importantly of all, macOS users need to be aware of how the SHub Reaper threat actors are employing that infection chain by layering familiar brands across multiple stages of the same singular attack.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Cambodia’s garment industry, employing hundreds of thousands of workers, also rode the shift.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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But in hiring the three-time Stanley Cup winner, the Ducks earned credibility in terms of coaching acumen and became an attraction for players.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Notably absent from the SEC’s motion to freeze Kapoor’s assets and its civil complaint was any mention of his hiring Suarez as a consultant for URBIN while the Location Ventures affiliate was seeking approval from City Hall for a residential and retail project at Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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The previous campaigns that targeted Florida and Texas had no visible effect on recruiting or free agency in either college or professional sports.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Concerns about longer-term career impacts are also to blame for trouble recruiting the next generation of researchers.—
Eric Welch,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
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Importing higher-paying—and oftentimes higher-achieving—students benefits a school during boom times, when universities have seemingly infinite choice among applicants.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Adani, one of the world’s richest people, was accused in 2024 of paying massive bribes to ensure the project’s success.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Through the initiative, the brand has collaborated with 21 schools across eight countries, engaging more than 90 students from 15 nationalities and donating 1,000 kilograms of yarns over the past decade.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Bertrand begins by telling a story of engaging a random older man in a conversation about art and poetry, the man pushed a sheaf of pages into Bertrand’s hand, and walking away with promises to return tomorrow.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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“Feeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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