Definition of "wields" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wield. (verb)

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• "Because the influence that it wields is disproportionate to the amount that it invests, IFC represents an important target for civil society advocacy to not only strengthen social and environmental requirements in IFC's own projects, but also potentially to a host of private banks and across the industries in which it invests."
• "I do not want the fate of my nation being decided by this theoretical governor, using the power he wields from the State of Florida, to negatively impact the citizens of the State of Illinois."
• "The amount of information that he wields is extraordinary, and never has he written better."