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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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
It’s a fitting acknowledgment of his underrated chops, which he has wielded infrequently but skillfully across his long career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
“Country music has a rigid, centralized power structure that has wielded a lot of power over ‘what country music is,’” says Martinez.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
Rather than the hammer blow of a mass walkout it has wielded historically, the UAW has played the companies against each other, using reprieves from expansion of work stoppages as encouragement.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023
No one else has wielded so great an influence.
From The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker
