as in to remain
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
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Recent Examples of stick around
In true fall-fashion, the cool air will not stick around long, gradually warming is expected throughout next week, from west to east.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2025
If High Potential can keep this up, the series will likely stick around for a long time.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Mustafa was inside a gym talking about the Eagles’ tush push sticking around despite efforts to ban the play.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Neon’s Splitsville is sticking around in theaters as is Lurker from Mubi.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2025
If High Potential can keep this up, the series will likely stick around for a long time.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Mustafa was inside a gym talking about the Eagles’ tush push sticking around despite efforts to ban the play.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Neon’s Splitsville is sticking around in theaters as is Lurker from Mubi.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick around
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Spoon batter into pan, smooth top, and sprinkle streusel and remaining pecans.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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After defeating the Twins, the Royals remained just a game behind the Seattle Mariners (74-68) for the third and final wild-card spot.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Even as Muchová forced things into a tiebreak, Osaka stayed steady and moved her left and right until the right opening came.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The hearing centered on how America can stay ahead in the new space race, with lawmakers pressing the importance of Artemis and reaffirming the need for the Gateway space station and to maintain continuous operations in low Earth orbit (LEO).—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Legacy found a way to hang around.—
Cody Thorn,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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If you’re tempted, act fast because Amazon prices like this usually won't hang around.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter published their accounts, which included one woman’s claim that the actor waited for her outside of a restroom and forcefully pushed her against a wall and kissed her.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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On its opening day, multiple patients from UHI made the short walk across Fisherman Street to the big blue bus to wait for their names to be called.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Stick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20around. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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