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
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
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetches
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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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Worse, may car owners act like their car only costs the incremental cost of operating it, which can appear be under 5 cents/mile in an EV.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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More Money-saving Tips Peak season in Japan brings peak crowds—and higher prices—which is why Szakin advises travelers to plan trips during the country’s shoulder or low seasons (late May to August and late November to December, or January to early March, respectively) whenever possible.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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Japanese Primrose Late in the spring season, Japanese primrose (Primula japonica) brings vibrant color to partly shady, damp areas of your garden.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Fetches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetches. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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