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Definition of sit in

as in to walk out

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The Commanders are 1-4-1 and sit in last place in the NFC East. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 That reframing gives permission to the much larger audience that was never going to sit in 33-degree water for six minutes. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

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The two actresses were part of a mass sit-in held outside of the United Nations headquarters in New York City. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026 Its two-hour runtime is somewhat excessive but perhaps prudent to capture the sit-in’s grueling length. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sit in

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio pulled the plug on the traditional group photo after several European officials threatened to boycott or walk out of the snapshot that usually helps kick off such diplomatic gatherings.

— Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
On the one hand, the journalist’s role is to gather information, and so walking out or not covering news events poses a difficult conundrum.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 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

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

As artificial intelligence capital expenditure expands, market attention extends beyond fundraising capacity and buyback sustainability to whether this investment cycle can persist, and how much volatility a slowdown might induce.

— , CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
The Asia-Pacific region was down 2%, impacted by sales slowdown in China, Southeast Asia and the Pacific cluster.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

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