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Recent Examples of sit-down
There are no plans for a follow-on sit-down conversation.
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John Hudson,
Washington Post,
16 Mar. 2023
Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual.
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Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Mar. 2023
Mobay Cafe is a sit-down restaurant with a patio and bar.
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Kristine M. Kierzek,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2023
There are also many talk show interviews, some enlightening and some as brutally uncomfortable as the Susskind sit-down.
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Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for sit-down
John Hudson,
Washington Post,
16 Mar. 2023
Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual.
—
Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Mar. 2023
Mobay Cafe is a sit-down restaurant with a patio and bar.
—
Kristine M. Kierzek,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2023
There are also many talk show interviews, some enlightening and some as brutally uncomfortable as the Susskind sit-down.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for sit-down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit-down
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The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
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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.
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Last year, however, marked another slowdown, which experts largely attributed to a decline in international migration.
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An attempt to ease zoning and permitting rules Many housing experts point to local zoning and red tape as the root of the slowdown in homebuilding.
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Maraga was detained and later released while staging a sit-in on a major road outside the national park’s main gate.
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Some staged a sit-in and refused to move into one of the new protest areas police set up using metal barriers and concrete blocks.
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By July, sympathy strikes were underway in 23 states.
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In March 2023, UTLA staged a sympathy strike, joining the three-day walkout of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.
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Workers have even more leverage: Employees can circulate internal petitions calling on their CEOs to cut ties with ICE and organize collective actions like sick-outs.
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Boomer also denied that the district’s accusation that employees in the department had organized a sick-out on Oct. 15.
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