Thesaurus results for SEWING UP

sewing up

verb

present participle of sew up

as in consuming

to have complete control over sewed up the available openings so that no one else had a chance to play golf

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Recent Examples of sewing up When running Skydance — a co-financing and producing partner on Paramount’s prime marquee franchises— Ellison spent more than a decade sewing up the film rights to the Activision video game. — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, Yuchen, who eventually abandoned his storm dress and pivoted to a tube top and miniskirt, was sewing up through the final minutes. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025

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Divsteps therefore requires a record of its branching decisions, potentially consuming enormous numbers of additional qubits.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
His release conditions prohibit him from possessing or using firearms, contacting Goldfein or consuming alcohol.

— Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026

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The Cook County State's Attorney's Office charged Paporakis with one count of making a terrorist threat and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon for possessing a rifle with a barrel less than 16 inches long, both felonies.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Despite acquiring state-of-the-art weapons systems from the United States and Europe and possessing multi-layered air defenses, the kingdom has seen deadly attacks on the main airport serving the capital, Riyadh, over the past week.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of possessing

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Three friends from Mexico had come close to monopolizing Hollywood’s highest directing honor.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
The payoff is that bulky, awkward items like pot lids and foil boxes stop monopolizing a shelf and become easy to grab.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of monopolizing

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Apparently, having players allegedly help bettors cash massive parlays wasn't exactly great for business.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
In the meantime, posting online brings the risk of having jokes ripped off not just once, but an indefinite amount of times, across accounts, and by all kinds of different bots.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

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