hew to
phrasal verb
hewed to; hewed to or hewn to; hewing to; hews to
US
: to follow or obey (something)
Everyone must hew to the rules/standards.
He is a politician who has always hewed closely to the party line.
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That is partly by design, hewing to a structure that mirrors Evans’ own process of addiction and grief.
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Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
The longer this one has gone on, the more its horrors have hewed to the demands of the show.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Finances and income differences As has been the case for years, the economy finds Americans with two very different descriptions of their financial situation, in part hewing to their incomes and how much their financial situation is tied to the stock market.
—Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Where Capote diverged was in wanting to create a nonfiction narrative that in attention to style, character, atmosphere, voice, and pacing would display all the hallmarks of the finest fiction, while hewing to the facts.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
The longer this one has gone on, the more its horrors have hewed to the demands of the show.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Finances and income differences As has been the case for years, the economy finds Americans with two very different descriptions of their financial situation, in part hewing to their incomes and how much their financial situation is tied to the stock market.
—Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Where Capote diverged was in wanting to create a nonfiction narrative that in attention to style, character, atmosphere, voice, and pacing would display all the hallmarks of the finest fiction, while hewing to the facts.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Hew to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hew%20to. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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