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Recent Examples of sew up
Alarmingly few teams have their QB situations sewn up.
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Burns can still sew up a talented cast, which likely speaks to the appeal of any project these days with a semblance of recognizable adult humanity bubbling inside.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Comms can sew up No. 6 NFC seed with win, so there’s a sliver of spoiler role left for Dallas.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
No 1 Iga Swiatek seemingly has the French Open favourite tag sewn up; world No 2 Coco Gauff is defending U.S. Open champion; and world No 3 Aryna Sabalenka has won the last two Australian Opens.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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Chris Branch, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Burns can still sew up a talented cast, which likely speaks to the appeal of any project these days with a semblance of recognizable adult humanity bubbling inside.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Comms can sew up No. 6 NFC seed with win, so there’s a sliver of spoiler role left for Dallas.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
No 1 Iga Swiatek seemingly has the French Open favourite tag sewn up; world No 2 Coco Gauff is defending U.S. Open champion; and world No 3 Aryna Sabalenka has won the last two Australian Opens.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew up
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Data centers supporting these operations also consume vast amounts of water for cooling purposes, with each inference of 20–50 queries on a large language model using approximately 500 milliliters of water.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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One in three consumes four or more drinks per week.—
Kristen Mascia,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some fear that wealthy nations and corporations will monopolize AI, widening economic inequality.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Through the clustering of talent, industry, and capital and the agglomeration economics that result, big coastal cities like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and Washington, DC, have monopolized innovation and its myriad benefits.—
Nicholas Lalla,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025
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Lori had Chad evaluate her children's spirits to determine if they were possessed by demons.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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For example, college degrees can indicate that candidates possess valuable skills like the ability to succeed in unstructured environments or present coherent arguments.—
Ishan Gupta,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Lawyers for the state argue that, among other things, the industry groups do not have legal standing to challenge the law and that its restrictions regulate commercial activity — not speech.—
Dara Kam,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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The diner should have a whole smorgasbord to choose from.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew%20up. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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