hewing

present participle of hew
1
as in mowing
to bring down by cutting laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins

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2
as in adhering
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 hewing Season 1 includes 10 episodes, each hewing close to 30 minutes. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 This year, with supply hewing closely to typical seasonal patterns, expect the usual post-summer wave of new inventory to arrive. John Walkup, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Even a person mowing their lawn on a windy day might send embers into the air.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Even though the weather is much more tolerable than in the hot summer months, once that fall feeling arrives, the end of mowing the grass for the year is in sight.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • After evaluating 200 hospital patients participating in the King's College London Oral, Dental, and Craniofacial Biobank, researchers found that those adhering most closely to a Mediterranean diet had the lowest levels of gum disease.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
  • To illustrate the absurdity of adhering too closely to genre conventions, Galloway describes a plot about an innocent girl who winds up in a strange town.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • And sticking close to home may pay untold dividends for inhabitants’ mental health, Gorman said.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Have fun sticking it to the man—or the raccoon, as the case may be.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • The Royals — who are desperately clinging to slim playoff hopes — dropped another winnable game 8-6 against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Companies clinging to this outdated model risk losing their best talent, hurting families of working parents, and ultimately harming their bottom line.
    Liz Teran, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Hewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hewing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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