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Recent Examples of sit in
Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Between 80 and 100 guests sat in our styling seats and Beauty Barrage helped perform hair consultations for more than 130 guests.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Helen Regan, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
This historic downtown restaurant honors the original 1960s lunch counter where nine Black college students were arrested during a sit-in, becoming the first protestors to serve jail time during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Currently, the only other big movie moving up the charts is Our Little Secret, which currently owns 136 points and sits in 17th place amongst non-animated movies.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Between 80 and 100 guests sat in our styling seats and Beauty Barrage helped perform hair consultations for more than 130 guests.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
Led by Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and Ali Amin Gandapur, chief minister in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province – where Khan’s party remains in power – the protesters planned to hold a sit-in at D-Chowk, a large square near the country’s parliament.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
This historic downtown restaurant honors the original 1960s lunch counter where nine Black college students were arrested during a sit-in, becoming the first protestors to serve jail time during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
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As the family walked out of the building, a stranger came up offering to take them across the border on foot – for a hefty fee.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Aiden walked out toward the road and waved down a driver who was able to drive him back home.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
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News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
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From there, the star walked down a grand staircase as a spectacle of back-up dancers and swinging napkins from the audience took the performance to new heights.James Dinh, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is the suspect in the fatal shooting of CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City street on the morning of Dec. 4, as Thompson was walking to a hotel where an investor conference was being held.Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that nearly 2,400 mental health workers had launched their job action after Kaiser management had turned down proposals that the union said would stanch employee turnover and improve care.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by the Master Contract will resume.Jay Peters, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
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The firm cited decelerating advertising revenue and a China slowdown as headwinds to growth.Pia Singh, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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Growth has stagnated as the country struggles with a real estate downturn, growing debt, rising youth unemployment and a slowdown in consumer spending.Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Sit in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit%20in. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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