sit in 1 of 2

verb

Definition of sit innext
as in to walk out

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sit-in

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noun

as in sit-down

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Recent Examples of sit in
Verb
The pressure reading the eye chart Few things get my heart racing like racing to sit in that weird padded chair at one end of the room while trying to read small letters off of a mirror at the other end of the room. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 Samsung and Micron Technology sit in second and third place, respectively. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Noun
The rally, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, was set up first as an anti-war sit-in to demand that the Democratic politicians stop the sale of bombs to Israel, according to the organization's Instagram. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Hundreds crammed into the Minnesota Capitol on Saturday, rallying to support DFL lawmakers demanding a vote on gun reform after wrapping up a days-long sit-in protest in the state House chambers. — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sit in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit in
  1. walk out
  2. sit-down
  3. walk
  4. job action
  5. slowdown
Verb
  • That meant three rounds of interviews, three onboarding cycles and three rounds of institutional knowledge walking out the door.
    — Crystal Gilmore, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • So much has changed in the world since her last match at this tournament and yet everything felt so familiar when the now-44-year-old walked out on court to warm up for her first singles match since the US Open in 2022.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of walk out
Noun
  • Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.
    — Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
  • News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
Definition of sit-down
Verb
  • Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena walked to load the bases with one out before Josh Naylor struck out swinging.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The 64-year-old had come from Oklahoma with his wife and son to walk up the 56 steps next to Sinking Spring, a sinkhole opening to a karst aquifer from which Lincoln first drank.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of walk
Noun
  • The pilots’ job action was in protest of the Belgian government’s reforms to federal pensions.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The job action shut down the entirety of New Jersey Transit’s rail service, from the foothills of the Shawangunk Mountains in New York to Atlantic City — including, most notably, trains into and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Definition of job action
Noun
  • That puts more pressure on new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and his colleagues, a dissent-happy bunch over the past year, to consider whether a slowdown in jobs or an uptick in inflation is the bigger risk to the economy.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
  • Michelle Monaghan is making midlife look less like a slowdown and more like a second wind.
    — Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 2 July 2026
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