wield
verb (used with object)
to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
has wielded
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present perfectof wield (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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No film since Jonathan Glazer’s wizardly “The Zone of Interest” has wielded such a meticulously controlled formal approach to visualizing the insidiousness of moral rot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Ouattara, 83, has wielded power in the world's top cocoa producer since 2011, when the country began reasserting itself as a west African economic powerhouse.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
The Cox family is a paragon of old money and society, especially in Georgia, where their company is headquartered and has wielded power since 1939.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
Google DeepMind has wielded its revolutionary protein-structure-prediction AI in the hunt for genetic mutations that cause disease.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
He is the fourth Kentuckian who has wielded the Speaker's gavel, Henry Clay having been elected again and again, while Linn Boyd, a veteran Representative, occupied the Speaker's chair for four years.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore
