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or sewed up
as in monopolized
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 sewn up
The positions with peril attached are almost all sewn up, with the only real games of note on Sunday coming with Tottenham Hotspur hosting Everton and West Ham United hosting Leeds United — in a fight for 17th place to stay in the division.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 May 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
Chalamet may be the one nominated for best actor this evening, but Jenner has the Best Hype Woman category well and truly sewn up.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2026
Given the fact that Sinners overperformed—scoring an unexpected nod for Delroy Lindo in best supporting actor—and One Battle After Another slightly underperformed, perhaps the best-picture race isn’t as sewn up as pundits had previously believed.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
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.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 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
Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 May 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
Chalamet may be the one nominated for best actor this evening, but Jenner has the Best Hype Woman category well and truly sewn up.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2026
Given the fact that Sinners overperformed—scoring an unexpected nod for Delroy Lindo in best supporting actor—and One Battle After Another slightly underperformed, perhaps the best-picture race isn’t as sewn up as pundits had previously believed.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
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.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 19 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewn up
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How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey Private equity's intrusion into youth sports has garnered attention from federal lawmakers in recent months.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Yemen monopolized the coffee trade for around 200 years until Dutch merchants smuggled coffee seeds to Indonesia and began growing plants there.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Twin Cities,
5 May 2026
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The paint is deftly mottled but its handling lacks the prowess of her later work (see, for example, Being Beamed, 1984, a fantasia of extraterrestrial teleportation in which the watercolor is sumptuous but perfectly controlled).—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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One interested investor was a major Iranian telecom company owned in part, through layers of subsidiaries, by Setad-e Ejrayi, a bonyad controlled by Khamenei.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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But as of Tuesday evening, Wasserman Schultz’s opponents had yet to agree on who should carry that torch.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
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Still, there are pleasures to be had in the slow build and, as Con and Doane have found, in the comfort of lives lived in just the particular way these men have decided to live them.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Any improvements to the crappie house and boat slips would have to be managed by Plyler, Spicer said.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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But this divide cannot be managed if it’s not measured.—
Matt Rosenbaum,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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“Sewn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewn%20up. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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