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as in to mow
to bring down by cutting
laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins
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Recent Examples of hew
Up until this point in the five-film franchise, the movies had hewn pretty faithfully to the plots of Stephanie Meyer’s fantasy YA book series.
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Wolfgang Ruth, Vulture, 1 May 2025
Those voices want the final package to hew closer to the $4 billion in cuts the budget mandates for the Senate, and not the $1.5 trillion the same plan requires of the House.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
One Piece studio Toei Animation also prefers to hew close to the manga.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
More likely to be affected are cheaper generic drugs, whose prices hew more closely to production costs.
—Rebecca Robbins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Wolfgang Ruth, Vulture, 1 May 2025
Those voices want the final package to hew closer to the $4 billion in cuts the budget mandates for the Senate, and not the $1.5 trillion the same plan requires of the House.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
One Piece studio Toei Animation also prefers to hew close to the manga.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
More likely to be affected are cheaper generic drugs, whose prices hew more closely to production costs.
—Rebecca Robbins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hew
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Always mow slopes and hills from side to side (and never mow when the grass is wet).—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
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Next door, the neighbors had just mowed their lawn early that morning.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Some agencies adhere closely to the reviewers’ numeric scores – like a grade – when making these decisions.—
Kelly S. Mix,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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In a statement to the Union-Tribune, Playwrights Project Executive Director Cecelia Kouma said that when her organization applied for a grant last year, it was carefully written to adhere with the NEA’s funding priorities at the time.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2025
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The original rat killer Published April 25, 2007 With one quick flick of his wrist, Scott Mellanby felled a rodent and became part of South Florida sports lore.—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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As for public corruption, DePodesta noted the parade of political titans that have been felled in recent years in part due to the FBI’s work, from former governors such as Blagojevich and George Ryan to ex-Chicago Ald.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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And while other candidates have brought up the allegations and hit at Cuomo's record, no one attack seems to be sticking, and polling shows that Cuomo remains the front-runner.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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Only a year ago, Google released AI Overviews, a search feature that told users to eat rocks and use glue to stick cheese to pizza.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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The next decade will belong to businesses fueled by innovation and bravery, not those clinging to stability.—
Gabrielle Boko,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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That is, until the veteran back shot both arms out and clung to the ball with his finger tips, securing an unlikely catch for a big gain.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2025
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“Hew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hew. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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