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How to use the word lock-in in a Sentence?

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There’s nothing in the IRA that required it to be so large, if it goes forward as planned, it’s double the size of Willow. It’s going to lock in fossil fuel development in the Gulf for the next 50 years.

George Torgun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I needed that one year lock in to catch the rhythm. In the second year I got that rhythm.

Andy Lyons/Getty Images Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What this sale will do is lock in about 188 square miles of public lands for oil and gas for the long-term, there's a fundamental disconnect with what they're doing with their lease sale and what they've committed on climate.

Mike Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Interoperability has long been viewed as a way to solve lock-in problems, the thing about interoperability requirements is that you have to be very careful with how you design them and what they actually do.

Bruce Hoffman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In light of mounting economic uncertainties and the conflict in Ukraine, some households will prefer to buy, in an effort to lock in a largely fixed monthly payment as a hedge against further inflation, but fast-rising mortgage rates and still-limited numbers of homes for sale could mean some would-be buyers may stick with the flexibility of renting. With rental demand already outmatching supply, rental affordability will remain a challenge.

Danielle Hale

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We just stuck with it, we fought the entire 48, a lot of guys stepped up. We were really able to lock in on the defensive end in the fourth quarter.

Jordan Poole

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Sometimes we just have mental lapses and make bonehead mistakes, but when the game is on the line we have to make sure we lock in.

David McCormack

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We ca n’t take these games for granted, we have to read the scouting report and know their shooters. We allowed a couple open 3-pointers. We have to lock in on the details because teams are keeping it close.

Drew Peterson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s part of the game, you’re not going to make shots every night. But I don’t think myself or anybody else missing shots is going to break us in any way. I think if we guard a little bit better, lock in on that side of the floor, we’ll always give ourselves a chance to win.

Jimmy Butler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The sale is going to lock in [ oil and gas ] production for years to come, by that time, we need to be moving away from fossil fuels in order to survive. This lease sale is a really critical juncture and is sending us in the exact opposite direction.

Brettny Hardy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We’ve got to lock in for the game and come out and play hard for a full 48 (minutes), we don’t want to give teams any advantages or things like that. So, we’ve got to come out ready to go.

Kyle Anderson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I can see the validity of both theories, but when you're engaged in an investigation, especially a serial killer investigation, you have to keep an open mind. To lock in one theory would be, I think, misguided.

Stuart Cameron

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I just told Patrick Cantlay to focus and lock in -- that's what I told Patrick Cantlay all day.

Patrick Cantlay

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When somebody like our best player is not playing that night, we kind of lock in, everybody has to do a little bit more. It's a testament to the team we have.

Jrue Holiday

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Because CD rates have fallen so much, it isn't a good time to lock in right now, there are now several online banks that cut their 5-year CD rates so low, they're lower than their savings account rates.

Ken Tumin

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Globally, the question will be ... 'Do we lock in the use of fossil fuels in our infrastructure choices ... or do we instead look to a green stimulus?,'.

Chris Stark

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There is still downward pressure on earnings. That's why when there is (negative) geopolitical news, some funds might want to sell and lock in their performance.

Anthony Chan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

From the jump, I think for the full 40 minutes, weve had games where we played 30 minutes of great defense or 35 and kind of let up a little bit. I think for a whole game, to really lock in and set a tone, it was really impressive.

Donovan Mitchell

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Lava flows are ideal recorders of the magnetic field. They have a lot of iron-bearing minerals, and when they cool, they lock in the direction of the field, but it's a spotty record. No volcanoes are erupting continuously. So we're relying on careful field work to identify the right records.

Brad Singer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Teeth record environmental variation based on the climate, even where you're growing up, that's possible because when you're growing, your teeth you actually lock in a record of the chemistry of the water and the food that you're eating and drinking. Because teeth have these tiny timelines, we can relate the chemistry to the growth to calculate ancient climate records. We can't do that with any other element of the body.

Tanya Smith

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Uber and Lyft are so popular because riders know they can lock in the price and whatever happens, they pay their $15, with this change of TLC rules, it is a completely new thing and taxis will be able to compete with the other apps.

Daniel Iger

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

A successful summit would consist of actions by both sides to lock in these commitments -- which are reversible -- and start a sustained process to achieve further, verifiable constraints on North Korea's nuclear capability and reduce the risks of conflict.

Kim Jong

Found on CNN
6 years ago

My fear is that people lock in and kind of double down on their position.

Greg Walden

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I think( the hedging) gives producers more security to lock in a capex plan.

Michael Cohen

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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