as in saying
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience
it's an old saw that a red sunset presages fair skies the next day
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1
as in noticed
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes
out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods
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as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier
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as in realized
to come to an awareness of
I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about
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as in sensed
to have a vague awareness of
I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home
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as in visited
to make a social call upon
you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon
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as in knew
to have a clear idea of
I see your point
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as in accompanied
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door
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as in envisioned
to form a mental picture of
I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all
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Recent Examples of saw
Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
The 6-2, 257-pounder saw action in one game with no stats in 2024, and collected two tackles against Arkansas State while playing in two games last season.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Although the team has only recently begun really leaning into the experiential side of the business, Vicary saw it years ago.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
These notches resemble the teeth on a saw blade.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
The 6-2, 257-pounder saw action in one game with no stats in 2024, and collected two tackles against Arkansas State while playing in two games last season.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
This is compared to the 10 years prior, which saw an average of only seven cases and one death during the same time period.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Although the team has only recently begun really leaning into the experiential side of the business, Vicary saw it years ago.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saw
Noun
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Turnovers come in bunches, the saying goes.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
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Kids can be cruel, as the old saying goes.—
Dr. Mahvash Madni,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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But when testing the bespoke shots in animals, Grippin noticed that even the placebo shots — which contained mRNA entirely unrelated to the cancer — also activated the immune system to kill tumors.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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And it certainly can be noticed, both in its abundance, and in the case of the Warriors’ 129-104 shellacking on Friday night at the hands of the Nuggets in an Emirates Cup group stage matchup, in its absence.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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That’s eight losses in four years — only one more than Flagg has experienced in 2½ weeks of playing in the NBA.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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As for the safety of the drug, about 10% of the adults taking enlicitide experienced serious adverse events during the study and a similar share, about 12%, of those taking a placebo experienced adverse events in the study.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Shortly thereafter, a bystander realized something wasn't right and alerted a lifeguard, Kauai Ocean Safety Bureau Chief Kalani Vierra told WBTW.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Over time, Brian Venturo, one of the company’s founders, realized that the rise in AI would be a major factor fueling the surge in demand for the computing power of the GPUs that CoreWeave was already accumulating.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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James, now 4, was born in April 2021, and from the very beginning, Alyssa, 32, and her husband, John, sensed there was something special about him.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
2 Jan. 2026
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But by the mid-1930s, Soviet leaders sensed that people needed something to take the edge off in the dead of winter, a carnivalesque custom of the sort that Christmas once provided.—
Andrew Fedorov,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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With a modest collection that heavily features Napa and Bordeaux, Babbitt visited the latter region this past August and made Château D’Issan his first stop.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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Appreciated by locals and visited by celebs like Elsa Pataky, Chris Hemsworth, and Matt Damon, this luxury farmhouse in Getaria is an idyllic base set among the owners' txakoli vineyards.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The president worked with Gifford Pinchot—the US Forest Service’s first leader—on a publicity campaign in this realm, and came to appoint a commission in 1903 that held public hearings and investigations the president knew would grab headlines.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Not the loss of titles, or the connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and of course, not how long the royal family knew about it without doing anything.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In recent years, staff have complained of poor working conditions brought on by overcrowding, despite director Laurence des Cars’s 2023 move to cap attendance at 30,000 visitors daily, accompanied by a ticket price increase.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 Nov. 2025
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Grande and Erivo were also on stage and the four were accompanied by composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz on piano.—
Haley Kluge,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Saw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saw. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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