tie up
Example Sentences
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Organizing workforce policy around displacement measures would likely expand bureaucracy and tie up resources in tracking layoffs, monitoring “AI risk” and subsidizing retraining.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Nunez dismissed the idea, saying it would "tie up almost half of the security deployment".
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Given the way the world economy is going right now, though, you may not want to tie up cash for that long, because rates are in flux.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The companies also tie up with affiliate users, who can get money paid into their accounts for each new person they sign up through referral codes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Together they managed to restrain and tie up nine of the skrewts, though at the cost of numerous burns and cuts; finally, only one skrewt was left.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
