Wield
verb
To have and use power or control.
The dictator has wielded power for many years.
Often appears as...
- wield power
- wield influence
verb
To hold something in your hand and use it.
The warrior was skilled at wielding a sword.
Often appears as...
- wield a sword
- wield a weapon
verb
To have and use power or control.
The dictator has wielded power for many years.
Often appears as...
- wield power
- wield influence
verb
To hold something in your hand and use it.
The warrior was skilled at wielding a sword.
Often appears as...
- wield a sword
- wield a weapon
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Used to describe someone with influential control over others, not always with literal power.
She wielded enormous influence over the committee's decisions.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Concepts
Can apply to intangible things like policies, ideas, or rights that someone can exert control over.
The organization wields the policy to push for change.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Wielding power can be subtle and may not be openly displayed in a person's actions.
Despite his quiet demeanor, he wields considerable authority.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Used to describe someone with influential control over others, not always with literal power.
She wielded enormous influence over the committee's decisions.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Concepts
Can apply to intangible things like policies, ideas, or rights that someone can exert control over.
The organization wields the policy to push for change.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Wielding power can be subtle and may not be openly displayed in a person's actions.
Despite his quiet demeanor, he wields considerable authority.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Used to describe someone with influential control over others, not always with literal power.
She wielded enormous influence over the committee's decisions.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Concepts
Can apply to intangible things like policies, ideas, or rights that someone can exert control over.
The organization wields the policy to push for change.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Wielding power can be subtle and may not be openly displayed in a person's actions.
Despite his quiet demeanor, he wields considerable authority.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
beating of that black motorist one of the two officers who wielded batons that evening relate a message after the arrest to another car saying quote sounds almost as exciting as our last call it was right out of gorillas in the mist one policeman involved in the beating said quote I haven't beaten anyone this
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Can you solve the...
then the troll has to release your brother. And by its own rules, the troll has to free the creatures as well, since you said a true statement. By wielding just 5 words like a logical scalpel, you’ve forced the troll to free all its prisoners. As the troll stomps off in anger,
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Dan Dennett: Responding...
have grown in population, technology and intelligence to a position of terrible power. We now wield the paintbrush." We heard about the atmosphere as a thin layer of varnish. Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on this planet. And we're the ones that hold the paintbrush.
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Storytelling can be...
helping a friend and it ended up it was Samantha as a party and so when you see stories like that you realize it really the pen is mightier than the sword and it is a double-edged sword so it's something that has to be wielded with a lot of care you know when when I first
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The power of the placebo...
they may miss out on drugs or therapies that are proven to work. Plus, the positive effects may fade over time, and often do. Placebos also cloud clinical results, making scientists even more motivated to discover how they wield such power over us.
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What are the universal...
mostly monitor and investigate violations, but they cannot force states to, say, change a policy or compensate a victim. That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power.
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
the most important of which is that when you say, "somebody who is doing bad things," you probably mean things like plotting a terrorist attack or engaging in violent criminality, a much narrower conception of what people who wield power mean
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How does the thyroid...
Luckily, there are medical treatments that can help trigger the thyroid's activities again, and bring the body back to a steady metabolic rate. For such a little organ, the thyroid wields an awful lot of power.
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Why should you read "The...
intellectual, and sexual rules, that drives the plot of the Handmaid's Tale. Ultimately, the novel's exploration of the consequences of complacency, and how power can be wielded unfairly,
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The Tyrant of the Deep PIPE...
he clears space for itself by wielding one of its buds like a club
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
beating of that black motorist one of the two officers who wielded batons that evening relate a message after the arrest to another car saying quote sounds almost as exciting as our last call it was right out of gorillas in the mist one policeman involved in the beating said quote I haven't beaten anyone this
Video examples
Can you solve the...
then the troll has to release your brother. And by its own rules, the troll has to free the creatures as well, since you said a true statement. By wielding just 5 words like a logical scalpel, you’ve forced the troll to free all its prisoners. As the troll stomps off in anger,
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Responding...
have grown in population, technology and intelligence to a position of terrible power. We now wield the paintbrush." We heard about the atmosphere as a thin layer of varnish. Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on this planet. And we're the ones that hold the paintbrush.
Video examples
Storytelling can be...
helping a friend and it ended up it was Samantha as a party and so when you see stories like that you realize it really the pen is mightier than the sword and it is a double-edged sword so it's something that has to be wielded with a lot of care you know when when I first
Video examples
The power of the placebo...
they may miss out on drugs or therapies that are proven to work. Plus, the positive effects may fade over time, and often do. Placebos also cloud clinical results, making scientists even more motivated to discover how they wield such power over us.
Video examples
What are the universal...
mostly monitor and investigate violations, but they cannot force states to, say, change a policy or compensate a victim. That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power.
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
the most important of which is that when you say, "somebody who is doing bad things," you probably mean things like plotting a terrorist attack or engaging in violent criminality, a much narrower conception of what people who wield power mean
Video examples
How does the thyroid...
Luckily, there are medical treatments that can help trigger the thyroid's activities again, and bring the body back to a steady metabolic rate. For such a little organ, the thyroid wields an awful lot of power.
Video examples
Why should you read "The...
intellectual, and sexual rules, that drives the plot of the Handmaid's Tale. Ultimately, the novel's exploration of the consequences of complacency, and how power can be wielded unfairly,
Video examples
The Tyrant of the Deep PIPE...
he clears space for itself by wielding one of its buds like a club
Example 1 of 10
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Nancy Pearcey
American Author
America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies as knowledge - to determine what are the accepted facts - wield the greatest social and political power.
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Yehuda Berg
American Clergyman
If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield.
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Bat for Lashes
English Musician
The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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Ratan Tata
Indian Businessman
People of great power wield great power, but people of lesser power or people who have fallen out of power go to jail without adequate evidence, or their bodies are found in the trunks of cars.
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Daniel Humm
Swiss Chef
History has long had a wall up between the kitchen and the dining room. Front of house, back of house - one group always wielded more power and influence.
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Tessa Thompson
American Actress
I like to think I'm one of the least athletic people in real life. I don't do a whole lot when I'm left to my own devices except wield forks and knives.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
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Pat Boone
American Musician
In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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John Boehner
American Politician
The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.
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Nancy Pearcey
American Author
America is a knowledge-based society, where information counts as much as material resources. Therefore those with the power to define what qualifies as knowledge - to determine what are the accepted facts - wield the greatest social and political power.
Quote examples
Yehuda Berg
American Clergyman
If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
Quote examples
Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Journalists don't have audiences - they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield.
Quote examples
Bat for Lashes
English Musician
The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
Quote examples
Ratan Tata
Indian Businessman
People of great power wield great power, but people of lesser power or people who have fallen out of power go to jail without adequate evidence, or their bodies are found in the trunks of cars.
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Daniel Humm
Swiss Chef
History has long had a wall up between the kitchen and the dining room. Front of house, back of house - one group always wielded more power and influence.
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Tessa Thompson
American Actress
I like to think I'm one of the least athletic people in real life. I don't do a whole lot when I'm left to my own devices except wield forks and knives.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
Quote examples
Pat Boone
American Musician
In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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John Boehner
American Politician
The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.
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