seats 1 of 2

plural of seat

seats

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of seat
1
as in sits
to cause to sit down the usher seated them in the third row

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2
as in inducts
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate

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Recent Examples of seats
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Nissan's Zero Gravity seats up front make the area a pleasant place to spend a day. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 The Indianapolis restaurant, which seats about 300 people and has private dining rooms for meetings, operates seven days a week. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024 The Eagles had an insurance policy with Factory Mutual for Lincoln Financial Field, which seats about 67,000 plus features a standing room section. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024 The drama continues inside with red accents on the steering wheel, seatbelts, and seats themselves, along with carbon-fibre Recaro bucket seats. Peter Lyon, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024 Balcony seats $50 for members, $60 nonmembers; house seats $55 members, $65 nonmembers. Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seats
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  • Accessible by ferry from Port Aransas, which sits just across the shipping channel, this 21-mile-long island offers nothing more than pristine Gulf Coast wilderness, and keen-eyed travelers often stumble upon sand dollars, lightning whelks, angel wings, and conchs.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The death toll in last month's attack at a German Christmas market now sits at six after a woman was unable to recover from her injuries.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Dry eye disease is a condition that can disrupt your daily life with symptoms like stinging, burning, redness or even tears that roll down your cheeks.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk On the Go Set Join the ranks of Meghan Markle, Amal Clooney, Emma Stone and other celebs who have worn this brand by snagging this travel set for the eyes, lips and cheeks.
    Shalwah Evans, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On Thursday, a day before the Starbucks walkouts, the Teamsters union announced strikes at seven Amazon delivery hubs.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nordstrom, founded in 1901 as a shoe retailer, operates 93 Nordstrom department stores, about 300 Rack off-price stores, and six Nordstrom Locals, which operate as service hubs.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • When Gose walked the next guy, too, he was lifted with the bases re-loaded.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Russia is talking to those in charge about keeping its military bases in Syria.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the days after a 15-year-old girl shot and killed another student and a teacher, and wounded six others before taking her own life, faith and community leaders across southern Wisconsin have joined hands and hearts with crowds of people who are heavy with grief, fear and uncertainty.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The set comes with pre-cut vegetables and fruit that fasten together in the middle with Velcro, allowing kids to slice to their hearts' content.
    Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Its purpose is to replicate the physics of a star by fusing the nuclei of atoms, thereby generating limitless fusion energy.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Fusion, the process of fusing atomic nuclei to release vast amounts of energy, is the same reaction that powers stars like our Sun.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • These stellar remnants are created when stars with masses similar to that of the sun exhaust their fuel for nuclear fusion, the process that converts hydrogen to helium in their cores.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Microscopic analysis of the sediment cores will also help the team analyze the way the eruption affected marine creatures and the chemistry of the seafloor.
    Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Seats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seats. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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