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sitting

[sit-ing] / ˈsɪt ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
in seated position
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Was your brother involved in arranging the will, choosing the lawyer and witnesses, driving your father to the appointment or sitting in on the meeting when the will was signed?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

She remembers "almost a white blurry noise of just sitting there".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

According to the Southlake Police Department, Rycroft allegedly collided with a Southlake Fire Department ambulance that was sitting at a stop sign just before 6 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Musk’s post shows Anakin, as played by actor Hayden Christensen, sitting on a throne surrounded by his children, Luke and Leia, and his wife, Padme.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

One warm evening during his visit we were all sitting around the dining room table.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In its last year of sittings, which ran from October 2025 to July 2026, the court heard argument in just 58 cases and issued only 73 opinions.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Restaurants often want to fill seats outside of peak lunch and dinner hours so opting for earlier or later sittings can be rewarded by a cheaper bill.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

It’s a trim book—you can read it in a couple of sittings or on a long flight—but it’s perhaps best enjoyed in small doses, a chapter or two at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Runcie, a former arts columnist for the Daily Telegraph, has created something so delightfully snackable that you may, as I did, gulp it down in two or three sittings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

Along with all this, I suppose I’m trying to say that I know how bitterly you resent the years when S. and I were regularly conducting home seminars, and the metaphysical sittings in particular.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger


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