locking up
Example Sentences
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But by putting $200,000 of your investable wealth into an annuity, you are locking up that cash.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026
That predictability allows insurers to be creative in how they invest insurance reserves, locking up money in private credit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
“It is keeping people chained and, in a sense, locking up their potential and their dreams,” said Pacheco, who serves as president and chief executive of TheDream.US, a scholarship program.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
He made a mistake, locking up into Turn One, on his first run in qualifying and was 10th going into the final laps with Piastri fastest.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
They arrived at the vet’s door just as the vet was locking up to leave.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
