wait out
Example Sentences
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However, one could reasonably expect an AI-related positive productivity shock to further lift the nominal equilibrium rate, affording the Fed time to wait out the latest round of supply shocks and inflationary pressure.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
I had been driving west through downtown and stopped in Chinatown to wait out the morning congestion in a new café that used to be an old bistro.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
They migrate thousands of kilometres to find stable sea ice during Antarctic summer to wait out what is called a "catastrophic moult" every year.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
There are reasons to be concerned: No new retirees want to withdraw money from their accounts in a down market, and not everyone has additional funds to dip into while they wait out market turmoil.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
But the Star gave the humans unnatural power, and so the lesser creatures fled, disappearing into the deep places to wait out the war.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
