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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That means an e-reader can display a page for hours while consuming essentially no display power between updates.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Parents and other adults can also model good behavior by not consuming energy drinks in front of kids.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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Eugene Horsch was arrested in June for possessing a fake federal ID, drugs and guns.

— Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
He was also expected to face a felony drug-possession charge involving two or more prior convictions and misdemeanor charge of being under the influence of drugs and possessing drug paraphernalia, according to jail records.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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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
But that kind of reconstruction project would take more time, and more money – something the national government could not even consider with the war monopolizing resources.

— Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of monopolizing

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Elsewhere in the conversation, both musicians found common ground on the downsides of having online visibility.

— DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2026
According to a source, McMullen is the front-runner for the TV play-by-play job because he’s viewed as having considerable natural talent as a broadcaster.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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