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Recent Examples of sit in
Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
But let the lemon slices and sugar sit in a shallow bowl together for at least four hours, or even overnight, to get the lemon slices good and juicy.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
In the summer of 1960, Jackson participated in a sit-in at the whites-only Greenville County Public Library and was subsequently arrested as one of the Greenville Eight for disorderly conduct.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Minnelli expected to sit in her usual director’s chair to give her back some relief.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
But let the lemon slices and sugar sit in a shallow bowl together for at least four hours, or even overnight, to get the lemon slices good and juicy.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
Yunseo Chung Immigration officials moved to deport Yunseo Chung, a then-21-year-old Columbia undergraduate from South Korea with permanent resident status, in March 2025 after she and other students were arrested by local law enforcement at a sit-in at the university.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
In the summer of 1960, Jackson participated in a sit-in at the whites-only Greenville County Public Library and was subsequently arrested as one of the Greenville Eight for disorderly conduct.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
Verb
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Thousands of immigrants have been ambushed by masked ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza over the past year while walking out of court hearings and held in custody at the complex, according to ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Three Air Canada Express crew members were seen walking out and giving reporters a thumb's up.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2023
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
Peoplemag,
22 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Wolf, who serves as president of AFGE TSA Local 1127, is hesitant to walk away from both the job that turned her life around and her role advocating for fellow officers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Against Country Day, pitching a complete game while throwing 117 pitches, Langford scattered five hits, walked three and fanned 11 in the victory.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Organized job actions like strikes or sickouts are prohibited by federal law, but since air traffic control staffing is so tight, a small number of employees taking unscheduled time off can be enough to cause problems.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But in the kosher wine market the downturn looks more like a slowdown.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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The slowdown in headline inflation was largely driven by deepening energy deflation, following the resumption of generous electricity and gas subsidies, Surya said.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Sit in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit%20in. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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