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Examples of chew over in a Sentence
yet another senator chewing over the idea of running for president
Recent Examples on the Web
While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over foreign policy, the female chef duo of Cris Comerford and Susie Morrison take care of the culinary diplomacy.
—Darlene Superville, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
Mothers still make convenient villains, especially in an era when every child-rearing decision can be chewed over, debated, Instagrammed and quote tweeted.
—Mark Harris Keita Morimoto, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Drama, that decision to chew over, and now a full-on dynasty, no?
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2024
European officials have chewed over how to nurture startups that might, one day, offer the kind of rapid, inexpensive communications alternatives that Starlink did in Ukraine.
—Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
Milbank Quarterly The Big Think The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf posits an interesting question for readers to chew over: Is racial color blindness possible in personal interactions?
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
Part of me eases into its flagship restaurant’s face-value pleasures, yet another part keeps my eyes on the exit sign, chewing over the context in which the restaurant exists in the larger world.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
The outlines of the Disney-DeSantis fight have been well chewed over at this point.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
The legal issues behind the decision to kick off construction are sure to be chewed over during the board’s executive session.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1939, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near chew over
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“Chew over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chew%20over. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
chew over
verb
: to think over
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