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Recent Examples of sew up
Choose from solids or stripes in a palette of traditional colors, like dark red, navy, cream, and tan, each accented by a line of shiny gold buttons sewn up the front.
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Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Emeka Egbuka has Rookie of the Year just about sewn up already, but *looks around nervously* could … *leans in close to whisper* … could Baker Mayfield be a serious MVP candidate?
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Some people think the Best Actress award is all but sewn up for Buckley, but Best Actor could be the most competitive category on the ballot.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
So, after five months with the Colorado Avalanche and what looks like a spot sewn up on the NHL roster before training camp even began, how did Middleton approach his first exhibition contest?
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
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Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Emeka Egbuka has Rookie of the Year just about sewn up already, but *looks around nervously* could … *leans in close to whisper* … could Baker Mayfield be a serious MVP candidate?
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Some people think the Best Actress award is all but sewn up for Buckley, but Best Actor could be the most competitive category on the ballot.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
So, after five months with the Colorado Avalanche and what looks like a spot sewn up on the NHL roster before training camp even began, how did Middleton approach his first exhibition contest?
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew up
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That will add hours to those flights and consume additional fuel, adding to the costs airlines will have to absorb.—
CARA RUBINSKY,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Now, these spikes, where this one lady said 55,000 gallons were being consumed by her property.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Because the airwaves were public property licensed to private stations, the government imposed conditions to ensure no single political voice monopolized them.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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There is little by way of rebuke, and the court merely ruled on the interpretation of some words in a statute in the context of our historical record of monopolizing the taxation power in the hands of Congress.—
Sandeep Gopalan,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2026
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Ten months earlier, Bush had made the decision to invade Iraq after his administration’s historic campaign of lies convinced the American people that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Pigs possess complex social dynamics but spend their entire short life crowded into hog houses.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2026
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Currently, 39 states have average prices below the $3-per-gallon threshold.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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Every city has a notorious nightclub or bar worth visiting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew%20up. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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