sit through
phrasal verb
sat through; sitting through; sits through
: to go to (something) and stay until the end
We had to sit through another boring meeting.
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And there’s an upside for working long hours and sitting through tense meetings: Nvidia employees get special compensation perks.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 July 2025
Soliman will likely be one of many detainees scheduled in front of the court at the same time, as The Enquirer learned in sitting through a morning of Riedthaler-Williams' docket last month.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
Your top performers didn't join to format spreadsheets, sit through pointless meetings, or write reports nobody reads.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
But filling out an application form for a job at an airport, sitting through a one-hour interview on Zoom, attending training days to learn how to deal with different scenarios with passengers at an airport — that’s highly unusual for a manager to choose to do that.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 29 June 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 July 2025
Soliman will likely be one of many detainees scheduled in front of the court at the same time, as The Enquirer learned in sitting through a morning of Riedthaler-Williams' docket last month.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 23 July 2025
Your top performers didn't join to format spreadsheets, sit through pointless meetings, or write reports nobody reads.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
But filling out an application form for a job at an airport, sitting through a one-hour interview on Zoom, attending training days to learn how to deal with different scenarios with passengers at an airport — that’s highly unusual for a manager to choose to do that.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 29 June 2025
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“Sit through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20through. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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