locked-in
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Most companies haven’t thought through these questions yet, which means there is room to establish reasonable boundaries before you’re locked in.
During that time, the McCoys were locked in a fight worth revisiting now, on the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act.
From Los Angeles Times
National Association of Realtors cost the industry $418 million and dismantled longstanding rules that had locked in opaque commission structures for decades.
The U.S. and Iran have since been locked in high-stakes talks over dismantling Iran’s nuclear program.
Tajik and Kyrgyz athletes for years would not even congratulate each other at competitions, as their countries were locked in a long border dispute.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.