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Recent Examples of wields
These days, the cast of the Harry Potter films wields more diapers than magic wands.
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Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Dickey wields Rosemary’s pack-a-day-for-half-a-century smoker’s cough with glee, and K Callan, who plays the mayor’s elderly secretary and turned 90 in January, gives a devastating monologue in the season finale.
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Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
Political observers say Trump wields his influence in ways rarely done by previous presidents, who usually avoided intra-party political battles.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Yes, each Fed Chair wields influence, and their opinions have a way of setting monetary policy.
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Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Cuban leaders including Raúl Castro — late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s brother, who still wields significant power — have sought to push forward more limited reforms of Cuba’s economy in the past, but efforts have run into bureaucratic hurdles.
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Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Cuban leaders like former President Raúl Castro – who still wields significant power on the island – have sought to push forward more limited reforms of Cuba’s economy in the past, but efforts have run into bureaucratic hurdles.
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Andrea Rodriguez,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Cuban leaders like former President Raúl Castro – who still wields significant power on the island – have sought to push forward more limited reforms of Cuba's economy in the past, but efforts have run into bureaucratic hurdles.
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
The comments from Ousmane Sonko — who wields significant influence in his new role as parliament’s speaker — come as talks with the IMF are set to resume this week.
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Jenny Vaughan,
semafor.com,
17 June 2026
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Dickey wields Rosemary’s pack-a-day-for-half-a-century smoker’s cough with glee, and K Callan, who plays the mayor’s elderly secretary and turned 90 in January, gives a devastating monologue in the season finale.
—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
Political observers say Trump wields his influence in ways rarely done by previous presidents, who usually avoided intra-party political battles.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Yes, each Fed Chair wields influence, and their opinions have a way of setting monetary policy.
—
Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Cuban leaders including Raúl Castro — late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s brother, who still wields significant power — have sought to push forward more limited reforms of Cuba’s economy in the past, but efforts have run into bureaucratic hurdles.
—
Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Cuban leaders like former President Raúl Castro – who still wields significant power on the island – have sought to push forward more limited reforms of Cuba’s economy in the past, but efforts have run into bureaucratic hurdles.
—
Andrea Rodriguez,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Cuban leaders like former President Raúl Castro – who still wields significant power on the island – have sought to push forward more limited reforms of Cuba's economy in the past, but efforts have run into bureaucratic hurdles.
—
ABC News,
19 June 2026
The comments from Ousmane Sonko — who wields significant influence in his new role as parliament’s speaker — come as talks with the IMF are set to resume this week.
—
Jenny Vaughan,
semafor.com,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wields
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Although the Florida Bar continues to make recommendations, the governor exerts significant influence over those recommendations.
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Viewed from a distance, the pressure AI exerts on human artists appears as part of an evolutionary process that far predates its own invention.
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Summer uses a family trip to a Caribbean resort to cause chaos and sabotage the relationship.
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Unlike conventional ion traps that rely on oscillating radio-frequency fields, the Penning trap uses static electric and magnetic fields.
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West Virginia’s ban also applies at every level of competition, but only from middle school through college.
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The same process applies for minors if all living parents agree to the name change.
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