hewed

past tense of hew
1
as in mowed
to bring down by cutting laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins

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2
as in adhered
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion decided to hew to the original plan rather than change everything

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Recent Examples of hewed The two bills that emerged, Senate Bill 840 and Assembly Bill 1207, hewed closer to Newsom’s vision. Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025 The color palette hewed towards various shades of browns giving the clothes a touch of a retro feel. Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 And former President Joe Biden hewed toward Ireland because of his own heritage. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 Of course, Kenneth Branagh’s insane 1994 adaptation, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, probably hewed closest to the novel, and that movie and this one share a similarly frantic, gothic-romantic expressionism. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025 The judge said that the earlier date hewed closer to the requirements of the county charter, which says a recall vote should occur within 60 days of recall petitions being certified. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hewed
Verb
  • The trails were signed and mowed and offered what looked like good ruffed grouse habitat.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Each inning, the Jays’ bats went back to the box for more as Yesavage quickly mowed through the Yankees.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Participants adhered well, spending 73 percent of the study in ketosis.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Gomez clung to summer style in a white sundress.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This time was his time and with Gordon off the pitch, Woltemade grasped it and clung to it.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • My take on Don’t Think is that becoming overly cerebral, stuck exclusively in my head, inhibits flow.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The recurrent staging only makes the show’s narrative feel more insular, which works fine when there’s forward momentum, but this one is stuck looking backward.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Hewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hewed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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