sews up

Definition of sews upnext
present tense third-person singular of sew up
as in consumes
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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  • The reason this is important, says Lab Group Manager for R&D Alok Warey, is because aerodynamic drag consumes a lot of battery energy in EVs—up to 50 percent.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Put simply, food noise consumes your life.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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  • Inter Miami defeated Orlando 4-2 at Inter&Co Stadium in March and possesses the firepower to replicate that result.
    Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
  • The Higgs field also possesses electroweak and hypercharge.
    Big Think, Big Think, 27 Apr. 2026
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  • Earnings from India’s bellwether software services exporters have reinforced investor concerns about the sector’s growth prospects, signaling that the downturn in their stocks has further to run.
    Ashutosh Joshi, Bloomberg, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Lincoln-Way West’s Owen Chudzinski has a love for baseball that goes back a long way.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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  • But that’s exactly how unlimited campaign spending monopolizes our politics.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But that’s exactly how unlimited campaign spending monopolizes our politics.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Sews up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sews%20up. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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