sew up

as in to consume
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 sew up Latin America At Chile’s rate meeting, cooler-than-expected inflation data likely sews up a quarter-point rate cut to 5.25%. Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024 How Google got here After building its near monopoly position in the search market, Google began sewing up the online ad market more than 15 years ago, first with the purchase of online ad marketplace DoubleClick in 2007 for $3.1 billion. Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024 The majority of the NFL’s media rights deals are sewn up with traditional broadcast partners. Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024 With neither candidate having sewed up a majority of delegates, the race came down to the undecided delegates. Caitlin Jewitt, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sew up 
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  • Surprising Fact On a body weight basis, children 2 to 5 years old consume about twice as much of the red dye through food as the general population, according to the FDA.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • How to Manage: To manage a lack of sleep from alcohol, either eliminate it from your diet or consume moderately during the day, making sure to stop imbibing well before your bedtime.
    Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • During his first term, Trump’s Justice Department sued Google for monopolizing the online search market, a case that the Biden administration saw to completion, resulting this year in the most significant anti-monopoly ruling against a tech giant in a generation.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The Justice Department filed another suit against Google over its dominance in the advertising technology space and sued Apple for allegedly monopolizing the smartphone market.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
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  • Sanders possesses the requisite traits to be a solid starter.
    Gavino Borquez, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The film was way ahead of its time with Fox as a demon possessed it girl, seducing and devouring mainly men.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • At one point, 1 in 5 prisoners had covid-19, according to a tally kept by The Associated Press.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The company’s 2% reward program had a 6-basis point year-over-year benefit.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew%20up. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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