sit-down

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Recent Examples of sit-down 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 Pellicano’s portrait comes into focus through interviews with reporters and victims, archival photographs and footage, audio recordings of his phone calls and eventually a sit-down with the man himself, who was released from prison in 2019. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for sit-down
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Noun
  • 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
  • The order also directed an investigation of the job action, which was a violation of the Taylor Law barring certain state employees from striking.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has run Japan with just two brief gaps since 1955, is very skilled at pinning economic slowdowns on the BOJ.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The slowdown in Sin City is in line with what’s going on elsewhere, Hill said.
    Matt Villano, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The following month, factory workers mounted a sit-in that lasted 77 days, which led to violent and fiery clashes with police.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 29 June 2025
  • One of McCurdy’s most prominent actions while in office was leading a sit-in on the floor of the state House in 2022 to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricting maps, which eliminated a Black majority congressional seat in North Florida.
    Steven Lemongello, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • By July, sympathy strikes were underway in 23 states.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
  • But those kinds of sympathy strikes are allowed in most of Europe, and thus make general strikes across broad swaths of those economies far more frequent.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Earlier this month, hundreds of Metro bus riders staged a sick-out in protest of the rising number of assaults among their ranks carried out by passengers.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • On Wednesday, the City Council voted to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Baggett’s family members. — TRANSIT TRAUMA: Days after hundreds of Metro bus drivers staged a sick-out protesting safety concerns, L.A.’s transit network continued to experience a string of violent behavior.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024

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“Sit-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit-down. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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