Thesaurus results for SEWED UP

sewed up

verb

past tense of sew up

as in consumed

to have complete control over sewed up the available openings so that no one else had a chance to play golf

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Recent Examples of sewed up California sewed up 2nd place, amazingly, in the group with a win over the plucky Miami team. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Since Sweets didn't have any severe internal injuries, the dog's vets treated her and sewed up her wounds within several hours, and only needed to keep her under observation for one night. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 The Phillies’ loss on Saturday sewed up the top seed for the Brewers entering the postseason. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025

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As she becomes consumed with finding out who Morris Burke is, grief gives way to an increasingly obsessive search.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Include the agent or capability ID so finance can trace spend to what consumed it.

— Alec Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of consumed

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Dishwasher racks are valuable real estate that shouldn’t be monopolized by your cat and his Fancy Feast.

— John Hodgman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
At times of heightened tensions, the Houthis have used the Bab el-Mandeb as a geopolitical bargaining tool, disrupting the passage of trade in a similar fashion to how Tehran has monopolized the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 16 July 2026

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The hurricane center said Monday that Rachel had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was located about 225 miles south-southwest of Acapulco.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Far more famous conflicts had a bond element, even a central one, Wigglesworth found.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of had

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The Press Hotel, though locally owned, is a member of Marriott's Autograph Collection.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2026
The advice of the Great One, the Oracle of Omaha, who just owned a handful of stocks of any consequence, the most important of which is Apple.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026

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