sit on
verb
sat on; sitting on; sits on
1
: to hold deliberations concerning
3
: to delay action or decision concerning
4
: to wait or be ready for (a specific pitch) in baseball
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Set the scene The Shore Club sits on Long Bay Beach, the quieter counterpoint to the buzzy stretch of Grace Bay on the opposite side of Providenciales.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
Once my bag is packed full, the shovel blade sits on top of everything else.
—Anthony Walsh, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
That will reduce the percolation rate of the soil and leave water sitting on the surface.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Soldiers sitting on a USAID (United States Agency for International Development) vehicle in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, March 1962.
—Time, 26 Feb. 2026
The synagogue sits on the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center campus, now owned and operated by One Brooklyn Health.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The Discovery Global spinoff has been slated to take on a big chunk of the $33 billion in long-term debt that now sits on WBD’s balance sheet.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
In a lot of ways, Rick’s job was to create the architecture and skeleton and musculature the way that Richard Rodgers would for the song, and my job was the lyrics to sit on top of it and dance and play.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
The buildings were erected in 1980 and 1982 and sit on 15 acres, surrounded by 1,200 parking spots.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
Once my bag is packed full, the shovel blade sits on top of everything else.
—Anthony Walsh, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
That will reduce the percolation rate of the soil and leave water sitting on the surface.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Soldiers sitting on a USAID (United States Agency for International Development) vehicle in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, March 1962.
—Time, 26 Feb. 2026
The synagogue sits on the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center campus, now owned and operated by One Brooklyn Health.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The Discovery Global spinoff has been slated to take on a big chunk of the $33 billion in long-term debt that now sits on WBD’s balance sheet.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
In a lot of ways, Rick’s job was to create the architecture and skeleton and musculature the way that Richard Rodgers would for the song, and my job was the lyrics to sit on top of it and dance and play.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
The buildings were erected in 1980 and 1982 and sit on 15 acres, surrounded by 1,200 parking spots.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Sit on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20on. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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