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Examples of stick around in a Sentence
we stuck around afterwards to help clean up
Recent Examples on the Web
Warmer than normal air will stick around through the weekend for much of the mid-Atlantic, but colder air will arrive next week for the Northeast and start to cool off the rest of the Eastern Seaboard, too.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
The Prairie Grove School Board wants Superintendent Lance Campbell to stick around a while.
—Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
The wet weather should stick around in the evening with a low around 33.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2025
The Chiefs have stayed mostly healthy, with some replacements and key players sticking around.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined above
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“Stick around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stick%20around. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
stick around
verb
: to stay or wait about : linger
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