as in schemes
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation
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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls
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as in costs
to have a price of
those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques
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Recent Examples of fetches
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Presumably whichever region fetches the higher price will be the one Dairyland chooses in the future.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Shorter fetches often create multiple, less intense bands of snow, while longer fetches can produce severe single bands, sometimes with thundersnow, as seen in the longer geographical positioning of lakes like Erie and Ontario.
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Vytas Reid,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Fresh opium now fetches about $329 per kilogram, more than double the 2019 price of $145.
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CNN Money,
4 Dec. 2025
Rafferty doesn’t offer much in the way of sympathy, describing their time together as both brief and now over before Plunket fetches his wife to bring her home himself.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
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IEEE Spectrum,
3 Jan. 2020
Sachs also wanted to the General Purpose shoe to be more democratic than his Mars Yard series, which fetches thousands of dollars on the resale market, and made the yellow colorway available to purchase at Kohl’s stores.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
The iPhone 15 Pro Max currently fetches $492, while the base iPhone 15 sits at $311.
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Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Presumably whichever region fetches the higher price will be the one Dairyland chooses in the future.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Shorter fetches often create multiple, less intense bands of snow, while longer fetches can produce severe single bands, sometimes with thundersnow, as seen in the longer geographical positioning of lakes like Erie and Ontario.
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Vytas Reid,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Fresh opium now fetches about $329 per kilogram, more than double the 2019 price of $145.
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CNN Money,
4 Dec. 2025
Rafferty doesn’t offer much in the way of sympathy, describing their time together as both brief and now over before Plunket fetches his wife to bring her home himself.
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Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
CookingPal’s gadget suggests meals, fetches recipes, chops, stirs, and steams ingredients, and then cleans up after itself.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Jan. 2020
Sachs also wanted to the General Purpose shoe to be more democratic than his Mars Yard series, which fetches thousands of dollars on the resale market, and made the yellow colorway available to purchase at Kohl’s stores.
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Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fetches
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Twelve hundred conceptual categories showed up in just 490 papers and nowhere in the formal schemes, clustered in environmental drivers and ecological processes.
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New York officials say the unit is a national leader that targets complex, high-impact corporate schemes, and Attorney General Letitia James vows legal action, calling the cutoff an outrageous political attack.
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Later pictures showed the structure being towed within the lagoon.
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Space-age music blared night-club-loud as pictures of birds, plants, and flowers cascaded down the walls.
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Shipping experts say rural delivery costs more because drivers make fewer stops per mile, increasing the cost per package.
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Beyond that, self-parking typically costs $25 per day but may cost more during special events.
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They are accused of using several ruses to force their way into people’s homes, assaulting unsuspecting residents and holding them hostage for their own money, and demanding access to their crypto accounts.
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Kids will quickly see through her ruses.
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Where a genuinely historic one doesn’t exist, owners are building replicas to recreate the elegance of a past era.
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Other items in the store run from the inexpensive — like $5 collectible stickers and magnets — to the more lavish, such as official FIFA soccer balls for $200 and miniature replicas of the World Cup trophy for $250.
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The chili brings the comfort-food feel, while the red link gives it a little more kick and personality than your regular dog.
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With the nurturing Moon in your 6th House of Health and Routine, a harmonious trine to authoritative Saturn in your 10th House of Career and Status brings steady traction.
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But none of that has happened, and Hamas rejected a new disarmament proposal in March that would force it to give up its tunnel network as well as rockets, heavy munitions, explosive devices and assault rifles before any Israel withdrawal.
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This one from Amazon is only $36 and can keep your devices charged for up to one week on a single charge.
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Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
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Second, brighter satellites also create streaks in telescope images that mar observations.
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