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Recent Examples of sat
Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.
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Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
Cold temperatures did not stop two dogs in Colorado from fetching two tennis balls that sat perfectly on top of a lake.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
In the 2023 World Baseball Classic, his fastball sat 100 mph.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Which made for an ugly game on Saturday, when Towns sat due to what the team listed as patellar tendinopathy in his right knee.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
The minimalist dress also featured a black belt, which sat above Lawrence's baby bump.
—Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
Cold temperatures did not stop two dogs in Colorado from fetching two tennis balls that sat perfectly on top of a lake.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
In the 2023 World Baseball Classic, his fastball sat 100 mph.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Which made for an ugly game on Saturday, when Towns sat due to what the team listed as patellar tendinopathy in his right knee.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
The minimalist dress also featured a black belt, which sat above Lawrence's baby bump.
—Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sat
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Brockington squatted 664 pounds, breaking his own record from last year by 50 pounds, and posted a vertical jump of 42 inches.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The sound experience is consistent wherever an audience member is seated, the company added.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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In an intimate atmosphere, seated at long, communal tables, nestled tightly with industry professionals, guests were treated to a dinner that was melt-in-your-mouth good.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
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That film, about con artists who rob hundreds of millions from a Las Vegas casino, became a critical and commercial smash and spawned two sequels.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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It was spawned from the punk movement in the United Kingdom, when bands like The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, and Siouxsie and the Banshees set the soundtrack for this new scene—and their theatrical makeup set the look.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
8 Oct. 2025
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Americans stood for something, in a way that some observers believe many don’t anymore.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Just down the street, police stood ready to escort Vance out.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
10 Oct. 2025
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Yet her book is sunnier than Norton’s, more confident that the Revolution set American women on a road toward equality, however steep and circuitous.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Two days after Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl set the single-week modern-era consumption record for an album, the project has now broken the modern-era record for the most albums sold in a week in the United States, according to initial reports to data tracking firm Luminate.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Yousef Obeid kicked a 25-yard field goal with just over four minutes remaining to put the Bears up for good in Murfreesboo, Tennessee.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 Oct. 2025
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Green’s 11-yard touchdown run put Arkansas ahead 7-0.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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He was laid to rest at Vista Memorial Gardens in Miami Lakes.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Ventura’s civil suit, filed in 2023 and settled quickly, laid the foundation for the federal case now nearing its conclusion.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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There was also a spike in flu cases last month.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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When the team returned to the site of the tracker Monday morning, there was no whale in sight.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sat. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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