sew up

as in to consume
to have complete control over sewed up the available openings so that no one else had a chance to play golf

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Recent Examples of sew up Wilson was also late returning to the bench to serve his 10-minute misconduct, perhaps to get his forehead sewn up in the dressing room. Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 Laying low at Frank’s hideaway, Castle sews up his own bullet wound, while Karen cleans up Matt’s. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Apr. 2025 The Cavs have already sewn up home-court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs as the No. 1 seed. Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 The Brewers have been just as adept at run prevention while all but sewing up the NL Central. Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sew up
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  • Close to 18% of people who regularly eat fruits reported better sleep, along with 12% of people who consume a lot of vegetables, and 13% of people who drink herbal tea.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 July 2025
  • The company has consistently consumed cash while struggling to scale production within the competitive semiconductor landscape.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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  • China accompanied this strategic focus with billions of dollars of investment in mines and processing facilities to monopolize the market.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 June 2025
  • In a separate case in federal court in Virginia, which was tried last year, the government argued that Google had monopolized part of the technology that places ads on websites.
    Terence McGinley, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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  • The Italian side possess a serious number of defenders who are simply not good enough to represent a club with ambitions of winning Serie A while competing in the UEFA Champions League.
    Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • One of the great mysteries of my family life is what possessed two teenage sisters at the turn of the 20th century to leave home in Rzeszow, Poland, and head for a new life in America.
    Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
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  • Before the death at the house, Snow Angels had nearly no citations or issues with the state Department of Social Services, according to the business’ licensing file reviewed by the Union-Tribune.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • Vientos was in the lineup Friday hitting fifth against right-hander Michael Wacha, who has neutral splits against righties and lefties.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025

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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew%20up. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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