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as in to understand
to have a clear idea of
a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art
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as in to arrest
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
seized the leaders of one of the city's major drug rings
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as in to grab
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
seized the escaping balloon just before it got out of reach
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as in to confiscate
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
Richard III seized the English throne from his brother Edward in 1483
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Recent Examples of seize
Tel Aviv — The Israeli security cabinet convened on Sunday to review plans for seizing control of Gaza City, as the government faces mounting international pressure and unprecedented domestic opposition, even from Israel’s own security leaders.
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The 2025 season provided a fresh start, and the Hawks seized it, taking down Crowley 34-27.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
The search warrant explicitly allowed authorities to seize a range of electronic devices and digital storage media connected to Lawrence.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
But such has been the competition to hire AI talent in the recent weeks that Microsoft had to seize the opportunity and invite more people to join its MAI team.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The 2025 season provided a fresh start, and the Hawks seized it, taking down Crowley 34-27.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
The search warrant explicitly allowed authorities to seize a range of electronic devices and digital storage media connected to Lawrence.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
But such has been the competition to hire AI talent in the recent weeks that Microsoft had to seize the opportunity and invite more people to join its MAI team.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seize
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Empathy at Scale - Technologies that help individuals understand and respond to the needs of others across cultural and linguistic boundaries, transforming Malaysia's diversity into a source of collective intelligence.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The biggest advances will come from AI agents that harness the power of LLMs and data to deeply understand a business and drive outcomes.—
Marc Benioff,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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In December 2022, Kendra Licari was arrested and charged with multiple counts of stalking and using a computer to commit a crime, reported ABC News and the Morning Sun, a news outlet based in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Miami police on Tuesday arrested the father of a teen who was stabbed to death inside a Brickell condominium in June on a charge of violating a domestic violence injunction, his attorneys said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Money is being funneled into headline-grabbing initiatives, such as customer-facing chatbots and generative content tools.—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Huda and Amaya appeared to remain on good terms, as Huda grabbed her hand at one point.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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Dude confiscated it for greenbacks, melted it down, and buried it?—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The artist Gao Zhen, famous for his depictions of Mao Zedong, the Communist regime’s founder, was detained last year, and the authorities confiscated several of his works that had been created more than a decade earlier.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 2025
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Some Minnesotans and national political commentators have said that, given these threats were known long before the shooting, the response of public safety officials was lacking.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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The bucks know there will be fights over the females.—
Chris McKeown,
The Enquirer,
30 Aug. 2025
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Nunez was apprehended two days later near an upscale apartment complex and now faces a potential sentence of up to a decade in federal prison, if convicted.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Suppose the number is read in one case out of a hundred, and that the information reaches someone who apprehends the culprit in one case out of one thousand.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The senior receiver/running back caught a 49-yard pass in the second quarter for a touchdown and added a 90-yard TD run in the third to help the Mustangs to a 26-2 nonconference victory Thursday afternoon over Ag Science at Gately Stadium in Chicago.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Drone footage shows crews hosing down a smoking pile of materials that caught fire at a northeastern Massachusetts recycling plant.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Louisville feels the time is now to approach the NCAA about 2013 in light of the Michigan sign stealing outcome and seismic changes in college sports.—
Ray Padilla,
The Courier-Journal,
29 Aug. 2025
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Billionaires are stealing from working families, destroying our democracy, and building private armies to attack our towns and cities.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Seize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seize. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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