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Recent Examples of sit in
Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
His only intact possession was his vintage 1963 Volkswagen Beetle sitting in his driveway.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
The protesters pause for Friday prayers at the sit-in.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Verb
One of them, Evan Page, sat in front of his laptop building out a character and then breezed through the levels of the game, learning the programming language Python along the way.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
His only intact possession was his vintage 1963 Volkswagen Beetle sitting in his driveway.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
Though the sit-in was a peaceful protest, the suit says, several students were injured as a result of police intervention.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
The protesters pause for Friday prayers at the sit-in.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
Verb
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Welch spent more than 20 minutes inside the restaurant, then walked out, leaving his firearms inside.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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From there, Hyde will walk out of the facility, decompress at home with his family a bit and then transform into game mode.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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Doubs eventually walked off the field and to the locker room with two trainers assisting him.Jelani Scott, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Prosecutor Hogan walked before the jury box holding a photo of the little boy that was taken on his first day of kindergarten, a few weeks before he was shot to death.Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Since meatpacking is highly labor-intensive, such disruptions would likely result in a slowdown in plant efficiency.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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This is causing mortgage rates to push up against 8% and could lead to a slowdown in the housing market.JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Sit in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit%20in. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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