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at a sitting
Idioms and Phrases
At one time, during one period. For example, The cruise ship could feed about 500 passengers at a sitting , or We read the entire poem at a sitting . Since the word sitting implies just that posture, the term means “during a period when one is seated and engaged in a single continuous activity.”Example Sentences
Members of the Legislative Council agreed to the latest changes made to the Assisted Dying Bill 2023 by the House of Keys at a sitting earlier.
The lower house of parliament is due to take up the issue of the referendum at a sitting next week, according to the state news agency PAP.
The 74-year-old won the nomination by one vote over incumbent Frank Bainimarama at a sitting of the Fijian Parliament in Suva.
And that’s a thing that you can applaud, but at the same time it’s also the part that makes you arch an eyebrow at a sitting justice leveraging the prestige of the court for a political purpose.
I could eat five at a sitting.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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