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Recent Examples of sew up
After a wild Oscar season, the 97th Academy Awards are now just days away—and while a handful of races are all sewn up, others feel entirely up in the air.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
And who should win By David Sims With last year’s slow-roll Oppenheimer sweep, the leading Oscar contenders seemed to have sewn up their wins long before the ceremony began.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Disney has spent heavily on sports rights over the past few years, sewing up long-term deals with both the NFL and the NBA that cost tens of millions over the course of those contracts.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
With four consecutive losses and seven potential Quad 1 games remaining on the schedule, Indiana is likely to sew up its eighth non-winning campaign over the last nine seasons.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
And who should win By David Sims With last year’s slow-roll Oppenheimer sweep, the leading Oscar contenders seemed to have sewn up their wins long before the ceremony began.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Disney has spent heavily on sports rights over the past few years, sewing up long-term deals with both the NFL and the NBA that cost tens of millions over the course of those contracts.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
With four consecutive losses and seven potential Quad 1 games remaining on the schedule, Indiana is likely to sew up its eighth non-winning campaign over the last nine seasons.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew up
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Crews also conduct test burns before igniting a larger area, to verify how effectively fuels are consumed and how smoke will travel.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Nor could the authors conclude definitively that the chimps were deliberately consuming ethanol-rich fruits and sharing it with their compatriots.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
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Meta is currently in court against the Federal Trade Commission, which has alleged that the company monopolizes the social networking market and shouldn’t have been able to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
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Google monopolized the market providing tools to publishers and the market connecting publishers and advertisers, referred to as an ad exchange, Brinkema found.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
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Williams possesses huge arms (34 3/8 inches) and a giant wingspan (82 7/8 inches).—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Both India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons, and any military escalation could lead to catastrophic consequences.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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This at-bat had no significance on an eventual 7-2 Phillies win over the Miami Marlins.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew%20up. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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