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mitt

[mit] / mɪt /
NOUN
arrest
Synonyms
STRONGEST
capture detention imprisonment incarceration jailing
STRONG
accommodation apprehension appropriation bag bust captivity collar commitment confinement constraint crimp drop fall gaff glom grab heat hook nab nail nick nip pickle pinch pull restraining sequestering snare sweep
WEAK
booby trap pick up preventive custody protective custody pull in run-in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
freedom release
STRONG
liberation refusal rise
WEAK
activation encouragement letting go
NOUN
fist
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clenched fist hand paw
STRONG
clasp clutch grasp grip hold vise
NOUN
glove
Synonyms
STRONG
gage gauntlet mitten muff
NOUN
hand
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appendage fist grip palm
STRONG
duke extremity fin grasp hold hook metacarpus paw shaker
Antonyms
STRONGEST
foot

Example Sentences

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The board includes former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, former Utah senator and onetime GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and L. Rafael Reif, former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

A year after that, he endorsed Mitt “Binders Full of Women” Romney for president by comparing the Republican candidate with a successful CEO.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

He wrote widely there, and advised the presidential campaigns of John McCain, George W. Bush, and Mitt Romney.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Her recent votes for president were Mitt Romney in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

I thought she was just romancing him, kindly playing to his mostly self-promoting immigrant lore, but later she’d showed Mitt, too, kneeling down beside him to watch the men and women busy in the street.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee