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as in to mow
to bring down by cutting
laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins
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Recent Examples of hew
Their objections hew closely to the divisions that split House Republicans.
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 23 May 2025
Her raw material — rough bark that has been neither hewed nor polished — is gathered together and then arranged in perfect geometrical shapes that appeal to the human eye.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
At first glance, the new exterior definitely hews more closely to current crossover trends, which the Tiguan arguably helped to inaugurate back in the late-2000s.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Meanwhile, carpenters hewed oak beams by hand to rebuild the roof and spire, just like their medieval predecessors did.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 23 May 2025
Her raw material — rough bark that has been neither hewed nor polished — is gathered together and then arranged in perfect geometrical shapes that appeal to the human eye.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
At first glance, the new exterior definitely hews more closely to current crossover trends, which the Tiguan arguably helped to inaugurate back in the late-2000s.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Meanwhile, carpenters hewed oak beams by hand to rebuild the roof and spire, just like their medieval predecessors did.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hew
Verb
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Borrow one from a friend or neighbor to mow your new sod.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 June 2025
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The signature check pattern has been mown into The Newt’s croquet lawn, and spills onto the sun loungers and seating areas.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
10 June 2025
Verb
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Yet period style still adheres, the timbres pungent rather than plush.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Resting the shrimp before frying gives the breading the chance to adhere.—
Kia Damon,
Southern Living,
2 June 2025
Verb
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Presidents before Trump have been felled by the Middle East, and Trump has had some successes with Ukraine, most notably the signing of a mineral rights deal with Kyiv.—
Rema Rahman - 06,
The Hill,
13 June 2025
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In 2016, police investigators confirmed that a 300-meter-high (nearly 1,000 feet) telecommunications mast in southwestern Sweden was intentionally felled, leaving around 85,000 households without TV broadcasts and affecting emergency announcements.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Resist the urge to stick exclusively with people from the same background who all see the world the same way.—
Robert E. Siegel,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Courts can’t stick their heads in the sand to an obvious way that a new technology might severely harm the incentive to create, just because the issue has not come up before.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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Yet the team, buoyed by an uncanny ability to win at home and produce power whenever needed, is clinging to the top of the National League East standings like grim death.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Perhaps nastiest of all, though, are the human bacteria likely clinging to your seemingly new clothes.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
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“Hew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hew. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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