hew
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These automated strategies routinely buy and sell large quantities of stocks over the course of the year to hew to an index, and any influx of cash into the account will very quickly be redeployed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The deals appear to closely hew to the same lines as the earlier deals with Pfizer and AstraZeneca, which were seen as significant wins for the industry.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
With changes to tax law, the Dec. 31 deadline has become almost arbitrary, yet people still hew to old habits.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025
The intention of the proposed measure is to hew as closely to the county regulations as possible, including provisions that provide flexibility to small landlords, Blumenfield said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
Four trees are wanted for the Keel, which all together will measure 146 feet in length, and hew 16 inches square.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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The first act hews to the documentary in a flatly straightforward fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
Leni’s superior effort, its small liberties notwithstanding, hews much closer to Willard’s original play—a model for what is now called the comedy-horror picture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The deal hews closely to the template set by the agreement Trump announced with Pfizer late last month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
A writers’ room rule to which Kripke hews closely is that what’s bad for the world is good for the show.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
The rancher purchases the raw material, thin red soil covered with tremendous forest, as cheaply as he can, and at the cost of several years' strenuous toil hews down a few acres of the latter.
From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold
A less-frequent Gallup survey specifically about whether the stock market will rise in the next six months hewed to the same pattern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Selfies were becoming more prevalent as social media grew, and standards of beauty hewed close to celebrity Kim Kardashian’s looks, especially in regards to eye makeup and products used for face contouring.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
Much of the wood was hand-sawn then hewed into shape with axes, just as the beams were in the 13th century.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
Essentially, what you realize is it’s the foundations of a story and all the in-between things are going to be hewed out on the day.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
Only the charge of Dol Amroth had saved him from the red southland swords that would have hewed him as he lay.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Charles and Caroline are a handsome couple, with Pa hewn in the rugged spirit immortalized by Michael Landon in the 1970s TV classic.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Video released by the US Justice Department shows apparently well-made concrete steps leading into the tunnel, which appears to be hewn from rock and with a concrete floor.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
He was like a figure hewn out of one of his own blocks of stone.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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Though far from being a “gritty” period drama, “Little House” does attempt to capture the realities and complexities of its place and time, while still hewing to Wilder’s original themes of resilience, hope and family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Johann Sebastian Bach composed some of his best works by hewing to a self-imposed fugal format.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
They point out that the core rate has been more stable than headline PCE inflation, hewing closely to a range of 2.8% to 3% in the past two years.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
But being a politician occasionally requires actual leadership, which means working to persuade voters of the merits of a position, rather than reflexively hewing to public opinion at any given moment.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
"You have slept long," said his mother, as she sat by his side and spun,--"Come now, and get your breakfast, your father is already in the forest, hewing wood."
From Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
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