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verb

Definition of sit innext
as in to walk out

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sit-in

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noun

as in sit-down

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Recent Examples of sit in
Verb
The Current sit in fourth place and can host a playoff game with a road win over Racing Louisville on Decision Day on Sunday. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 On the ground floor there are books in English and French while upstairs there’s a theater where people in the audience can sit in the US with their feet in Canada. — Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
Students also organized key civil rights sit-in protests in Greensboro. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 A weeks-long sit-in by its supporters earlier this year forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over exam paper leaks. — CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sit in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
  1. walk out
  2. sit-down
  3. walk
  4. job action
  5. slowdown
Verb
  • These days, walking out of a Rolex boutique with one seems nearly impossible.
    — Zach Weiss, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Ravens’ hardnosed identity as a team seemingly walked out the door the day Harbaugh did.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of walk out
Noun
  • 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
  • The seven new sit-down restaurants are serving an impressive mix of Italian, Eastern European, Brazilian, French and Mexican food.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
Definition of sit-down
Verb
  • When Burden was walked off the field during Sunday night's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bears fans immediately took to social media looking for updates on his condition.
    — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Having lost both his friend and his horn, Norden is in shock and sunk in grief, while the human visitors walk right past him, laughing and chattering away.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of walk
Noun
  • The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Definition of job action
Noun
  • The fresh data arrived at a delicate moment for the central bank, where policymakers are weighing a rate increase that could help tackle inflation but risks a slowdown in hiring.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Without such a slowdown, Amodei warned AI could be capable of letting loose a swarm of agents that could take over the entire internet within six to 12 months.
    — Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of slowdown

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