the bar
Example Sentences
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Current laws set the bar so high for involuntary hospitalization that a person in psychosis often has to be suicidal or homicidal before they can get the help they need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"I'd tell him, 'it's your round. Now let's go to the bar and buy me a drink!'"
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The failures of cardiovascular and neuromuscular drugs pelacarsen and del-desiran raise the bar for Novartis’s pipeline, given that these were two important candidates to offset sales lost to upcoming patent expirations, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Granted, the bar for Netflix movies has long since descended past Hell’s ninth circle, burrowing so low that it’s carved out a 10th reserved for the streamer’s original titles.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
I had seen her earlier, somewhere, in line at the bar maybe, had seen her without paying her much attention.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
