as in schemes
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation
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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls
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as in costs
to have a price of
those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques
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Recent Examples of fetches
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Shorter fetches often create multiple, less intense bands of snow, while longer fetches can produce severe single bands, sometimes with thundersnow, as seen in the longer geographical positioning of lakes like Erie and Ontario.
—Vytas Reid, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Fresh opium now fetches about $329 per kilogram, more than double the 2019 price of $145.
—CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Rafferty doesn’t offer much in the way of sympathy, describing their time together as both brief and now over before Plunket fetches his wife to bring her home himself.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
No one wants to drill under the ocean when oil fetches $60 a barrel.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2020
Sachs also wanted to the General Purpose shoe to be more democratic than his Mars Yard series, which fetches thousands of dollars on the resale market, and made the yellow colorway available to purchase at Kohl’s stores.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
Presumably whichever region fetches the higher price will be the one Dairyland chooses in the future.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Shorter fetches often create multiple, less intense bands of snow, while longer fetches can produce severe single bands, sometimes with thundersnow, as seen in the longer geographical positioning of lakes like Erie and Ontario.
—Vytas Reid, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Fresh opium now fetches about $329 per kilogram, more than double the 2019 price of $145.
—CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Rafferty doesn’t offer much in the way of sympathy, describing their time together as both brief and now over before Plunket fetches his wife to bring her home himself.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
No one wants to drill under the ocean when oil fetches $60 a barrel.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2020
Sachs also wanted to the General Purpose shoe to be more democratic than his Mars Yard series, which fetches thousands of dollars on the resale market, and made the yellow colorway available to purchase at Kohl’s stores.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetches
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Shakespeare’s comedies especially understand the joy of watching people get trapped in schemes and plots well beyond their control.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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State regulators have suspended hundreds of hospice licenses amid allegations of fraudulent billing and phantom patient schemes.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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On a recent day, a stream of visitors, including school children, walked through the circular room, stopping to sit behind the desk and pose for pictures.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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On a recent day, a stream of visitors, including schoolchildren, walked through the circular room, stopping to sit behind the desk and pose for pictures.—
Sophia Tareen,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Shipping experts say rural delivery costs more because drivers make fewer stops per mile, increasing the cost per package.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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Beyond that, self-parking typically costs $25 per day but may cost more during special events.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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They are accused of using several ruses to force their way into people’s homes, assaulting unsuspecting residents and holding them hostage for their own money, and demanding access to their crypto accounts.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Kids will quickly see through her ruses.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The union has argued that the language — coupled with an arbitration provision — will limit the use of AI replicas to a handful of edge cases.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 June 2026
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In addition to the photobooks, the installation included a pair of headphones playing Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer, along with two replicas of Andy Warhol’s post-shooting girdle.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The massive delta is revered not only for its capacious water supply and agricultural support, but also its famed Delta breeze that often brings relief from stretches of hot weather.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Netflix's 'Ransom Canyon' brings romance to Texas Similar shows are moving into the Texas turf.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The sources described it as a preliminary operation laying the groundwork for additional steps by installing listening devices and intelligence equipment in the area.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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That treatment gap is reviving interest in experimental blood-filtering devices that can physically remove viral particles from the bloodstream.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 June 2026
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Müller joins their ranks with these affectionate images.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Disney’s social media accounts did some further rib-nudging over the weekend with tweets paraphrasing Swift lyrics as captions for the billboard images, some of which featured the character Jessie.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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“Fetches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetches. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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