locked-in
Example Sentences
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“Markets open on a weak foot with headlines from a locked-in standoff over the Strait of Hormuz dominating the news,” Danske Bank’s Joel Rossier said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
But over time, the share of locked-in homeowners has shrunk.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025
They resembled the locked-in team that had looked so impressive in exhibition victories over San Diego State and UC Irvine before falling considerably flatter to start the regular season with three uninspired showings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
It could also throw into question whether major economies - including the UK, Japan and South Korea - are locked-in to the individual trade deals they secured with the US ahead of the August deadline.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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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