as in to remain
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
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Recent Examples of stick around
However, the top players, the ones with the biggest endorsement contracts, stuck around long enough to showcase their tennis attire.
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Keys’ exit left just one of the top six women in the bracket before the end of Week 1: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who stuck around by claiming the last five games and defeating 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu of Britain 7-6 (6), 6-4 at a boisterous Centre Court at night.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
Stormy weather is expected to stick around until at least the morning of June 7, when the sun will return for a calmer weekend.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Cicadas lifespan; how long will Brood XIV stick around?
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Keys’ exit left just one of the top six women in the bracket before the end of Week 1: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who stuck around by claiming the last five games and defeating 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu of Britain 7-6 (6), 6-4 at a boisterous Centre Court at night.
—Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
Stormy weather is expected to stick around until at least the morning of June 7, when the sun will return for a calmer weekend.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Cicadas lifespan; how long will Brood XIV stick around?
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stick around
Verb
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The extent of the claims are documented in a 255-page affidavit that remains under seal while one co-defendant, Ying Zhang, remains free.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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As of July 7, at least 10 campers and one counselor remain missing.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
Verb
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All residents were advised to stay indoors as much as possible.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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But when John Steinbeck stayed at the hotel three years later and then wrote about it in a travel story for Harper’s Bazaar, suddenly the hotel and idyllic Italian town was very much on the map.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
9 July 2025
Verb
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The Cincinnati Reds and the Arizona Diamondbacks (despite being ravaged by injuries) have hung around .500 for most of the year.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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It was then hung around the nave of the Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Tijuana has always been a place of waiting for migrants.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Many big Silicon Valley companies weren’t willing to wait, and smaller ones couldn’t afford to.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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“Stick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stick%20around. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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