Thesaurus results for SEWING UP

sewing up

verb

present participle of sew up

as in consuming

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 sewing up When running Skydance — a co-financing and producing partner on Paramount’s prime marquee franchises— Ellison spent more than a decade sewing up the film rights to the Activision video game. — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, Yuchen, who eventually abandoned his storm dress and pivoted to a tube top and miniskirt, was sewing up through the final minutes. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025

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Check their website before consuming fish caught from the rivers.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 5 July 2026
First, mantids feed indiscriminately, consuming a wide variety of insects including beneficial insects such as bees, butterflies, and syrphid flies.

— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026

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Clavicular has repeatedly described Bomer as possessing one of the most harmonious men’s faces in existence, elevating him from merely handsome movie star to something closer to a blueprint by which to measure male beauty.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
Three other juveniles were arrested on various other charges, such as possessing a firearm, trespassing and obstructing an officer.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

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Many students today recall the pandemic as a time filled by moments at home with family, going to school in their pajamas or having a break from some of the social pressures of school.

— Stacey Gillett, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Nor to the notion of having a road named after him a century later.

— Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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