Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Placed; situated; fixed in or as in a seat; located.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
seat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
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Examples
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But how deep-seated is that popularity, and how long would it last in a 3-month pseudo-debate about “overreaching.”
Matthew Yglesias » Setback for Public Option Revival as Rockefeller Says No 2010
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But how deep-seated is that popularity, and how long would it last in a 3-month pseudo-debate about “overreaching.”
Matthew Yglesias » Setback for Public Option Revival as Rockefeller Says No 2010
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The probability of Sotomayor being seated is near 100% so why do they extend the drama so extensively? citizenjane
Sotomayor calls Roe v. Wade abortion ruling 'settled' law 2009
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I remain seated while waiting for the deer to show up.
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You can't say NBC stinted on the new studio or the set, a kind of bigger, bluer, shinier reinterpretation of Carson's old Tonight set, with Andy Richter off to the side at a podium and the audience once again seated as in a theater rather than in Leno's comedy club configuration.
Conan back in comfort zone: Two 'Tonights' and counting 2009
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If you all just remain seated, and listen, I promise that no one will get hurt.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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Please remain seated, the mothership is closing in on your location and will soon pick you up for minor adjustments.
Novanta Designers Workstation by Luke Riggall » Yanko Design 2009
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So deep-seated is this obsession that we in the Anglosphere move seamlessly from discussing rising home prices and house flipping to conjecturing about the opportunities that waves of foreclosures will bring.
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As in seated at the back of the gathering, from my reading.
So what if Apostle Paul was not a Christian? « Dating Jesus 2009
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I remain seated while waiting for the deer to show up.
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