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sitting

[sit-ing] / ˈsɪt ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
in seated position
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It is currently "sitting safely out in the asteroid belt and just going around the Sun, just like we are", he explained.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

To be clear, I’m not sitting here rubbing my hands with glee, thinking I’m immune to dementia or a heart attack and I’ll stay young forever.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

That evidence had been sitting in museum drawers, misfiled, for decades.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

As the camera pans out, we eventually see that Holmes is sitting in the room with him.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

People from previous arrests were sitting or lying about on the mats, too, some of them faces we knew.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors has written a relaxed and friendly book anyone can read in a few sittings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The first season ended in April and dropped weekly, but waiting to gulp down episodes in a couple of sittings may be more rewarding than taking it in over a couple of months.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025

Mr Benney had six official sittings with the Queen in the Garden Room at Clarence House.

From BBC ● May 6, 2025

In addition to the physical exertion of long meditation sittings and martial arts, your teachers were constantly correcting you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

Leah and Maggie held daily sittings in front of the parlor fire at a hotel called the Phelps House.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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