bears upon
Example Sentences
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I’ve been with my partner for 15 years; we’re not married, but plan to be in the next five years, if that bears upon this question.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2021
“Boeing is so big that almost every discussion of strategy, budgets or programs bears upon its interests,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2019
Barr quotes that line and then, in the same sentence, concludes that “the absence of such evidence bears upon the President’s intent with respect to obstruction.”
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2019
The weight of this guilt bears upon us like armor, yet is surely not as easy to take off.
From Time • Jul. 12, 2012
The information which we have collected about the work of the school of the Salpêtrière bears upon 117 children, who had left the school during the period of four years.
From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred
