as in to stitch
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new

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Recent Examples of sew But Thing, who Isaac had sewn back onto his arm, regains his autonomy and rips Isaac’s heart out. Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 Women’s flannel shirts are also sewn starting at the top but then are cut closer to the waist for a more shapely fit. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025 But not when the fields are sewn and growing, or being prepared for planting. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025 After fleeing the Tower, Anne sews her head back on and embarks on a quest for vengeance. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sew
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  • Tiffany has a pop-up experience at this year's Open where a one-of-a-kind tennis racket is on display, featuring 5 carats of diamonds, alongside a 24-karat gold vermeil tennis ball, stitched with almost 7 carats of diamonds.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When a net breaks in a storm, a dozen or so dock workers rush to shore to stitch it up.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Trials showed issues with needle control and orientation during suturing, indicating that the haptic feedback mechanisms need improvement.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2025
  • And while the importance of the visual outcome is obvious — achieving undetectable incisions via adept suturing — the aptitude of the practitioner’s craft determines the effect the patient didn’t think enough about in advance: loss, or not, of feeling.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025

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“Sew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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