tapping

Example Sentences

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We’re tapping digital buttons that now stand in for physical buttons that once stood in for a mechanical method for interacting with a complex system.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Parents also want to avoid draining their retirement accounts or tapping home equity for college, as roughly 7% of families did last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

At nearly any moment of a day—at your coffee maker, on your computer or television, in your car, on your iPhone—you are tapping in to the legacy of Bell Labs’ work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The country started releasing 15 days' worth of private-sector petroleum reserves last week and it will on Thursday begin tapping into government stockpiles.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

‘Family secret,’ she’d say, tapping her nose with a finger.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler