locked-in
Example Sentences
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Low rates helped fuel an increase in housing prices that is now reducing the available supply of homes as owners feel locked-in by today’s higher mortgage rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
After suffering his fifth loss in the NFC championship game last January, veteran wide receiver Davante Adams is locked-in on helping the Rams reach the Super Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Rather than granting you outright shares, options give you the right to purchase company stock at a specific, locked-in “strike price.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Still, Riley isn’t ready to commit to the current five up front as his locked-in starters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
I took these techniques, these ways of seeing and feeling, and twisted them, bent them, adapted them, until they became my ways of apprehending the locked-in life of the Black Belt areas.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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