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as in Federal

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verb

past tense of feed
1
as in boarded
to provide food or meals for a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry

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2
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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3
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
Verb
Sigrid Rausing, Granta’s publisher, said in a statement that the magazine fed Nazir’s story into Claude as a way of gauging whether it was written with AI. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 His unmasking fed an emerging panic over Wikipedia’s accuracy. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026 Ocean iron fertilization grew from the idea that iron-rich dust blown across the oceans during past ice ages fed blooms of phytoplankton, helping to lower atmospheric CO₂. — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Gross fed these 31 methodologies to an AI model along with some 17 million source documents that included news stories, research reports, expired patents, public company filings, and threads from online community discussion boards. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 The suit alleges that the jail repeatedly fed inmates food containing mice and insects. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026 Charlotte’s oldest restaurants have fed us for decades, taking care of us for quick breakfasts and workday lunches, family gatherings and special occasions alike. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026 Hughes, who fed Boldy for his first goal, is the third defenseman in NHL history to open a season with an assist streak of at least eight games. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 New military units fed successful modifications back into production, generating an unusually rapid cycle of battlefield adaptation. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed
  1. tracker
  2. boarded
  3. provided
  4. ate
  5. narc
  6. catered
  7. supplied
  8. dined
Noun
  • That core body temp drop and melatonin bump are the actual mechanisms your tracker is picking up when readiness scores climb.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Credit Saint's Clean Slate plan includes creditor intervention letters and unlimited challenges, as well as a score tracker and online chat feature.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracker
Verb
  • The deal was negotiated by MK2 Films, which boarded the film for sales prior to the Venice film festival, and Neon.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The deal was negotiated by MK2 Films, who boarded the film for sales prior to the Venice film festival, and Neon.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of boarded
Verb
  • In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, SPCJ said a break-in and vandalism at a synagogue in Paris's 19th arrondissement initially suggested burglary, although the motive remained undetermined.
    — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • During his interview with the investigators, Willie Herndon provided details regarding his involvement in the incident and information about potential ongoing investigations in other areas, which remain active, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of provided
Verb
  • On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Definition of ate
Noun
  • On Uncle, fish narc sheds his past experimental impulses and finds a new identity within ebullient, feel-good college rock.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
  • He gets dinged for a pesky OWI, loses his job at CBS, and then gets outed by some nark in Oklahoma.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of narc
Verb
  • Fox wears pieces catered toward the season’s major dress-up moments, including Halloween, holiday parties and New Year’s Eve.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • While the majority of guests were adults, children are well catered for at the hotel's restaurants, and the central location of the property makes getting home early easy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of catered
Verb
  • The adventure park opened in 2018, built into a former granite mine that supplied stone for the California Capitol, according to Jacobs.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • However, the discovery alone did not establish whether the websites supplied the victims' addresses.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplied
Verb
  • Swift and Kelce dined at the Jane Hotel, which is located in the heart of the West Village in Manhattan.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2026
  • After the vigil, Mamdani dined at Palestinian restaurant Ayat on the Upper West Side.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of dined

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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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