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Recent Examples of sit-down
There are no plans for a follow-on sit-down conversation.
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John Hudson,
Washington Post,
16 Mar. 2023
Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual.
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Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Mar. 2023
Mobay Cafe is a sit-down restaurant with a patio and bar.
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Kristine M. Kierzek,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2023
There are also many talk show interviews, some enlightening and some as brutally uncomfortable as the Susskind sit-down.
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Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for sit-down
John Hudson,
Washington Post,
16 Mar. 2023
Unlike his sit-down restaurant in Peoria, the new concept is more casual.
—
Bahar Anooshahr,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Mar. 2023
Mobay Cafe is a sit-down restaurant with a patio and bar.
—
Kristine M. Kierzek,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2023
There are also many talk show interviews, some enlightening and some as brutally uncomfortable as the Susskind sit-down.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2023
See All Example Sentences for sit-down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit-down
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The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
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The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
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That puts more pressure on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and his colleagues, a dissent-happy bunch over the past year, to consider whether a slowdown in jobs or an uptick in inflation is the bigger risk to the economy.
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Michelle Monaghan is making midlife look less like a slowdown and more like a second wind.
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In 2024, following sit-in protests at Google offices in New York and Sunnyvale, the company fired approximately 28 workers who participated in demonstrations against Project Nimbus.
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Maraga was detained and later released while staging a sit-in on a major road outside the national park’s main gate.
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In March 2023, UTLA staged a sympathy strike, joining the three-day walkout of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.
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The California Nurses Association had announced plans to hold a sympathy strike in solidarity.
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Last season, Maggie faced nursing union negotiations, culminating in a sick-out.
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Maggie’s major Season 10 storyline involved the tense nursing union negotiations at the hospital, which culminated in a sick-out.
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“Sit-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit-down. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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