- plural of bearing.
bearings
Example Sentences
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Purveyors of bearings, fasteners, pneumatics and other manufacturing staples should see demand outpace their capacity to easily meet it, potentially leading to bottlenecks similar to what investors are seeing with memory chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
GM built trucks, tanks, guns, shells, ball bearings, aircraft and ship engines for the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Ian Littleworth’s Happy, the dissolute son always looking for an easy way out, seems unsettled not only in his bearings but in his command of the script.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
"During the journey, the passengers lost their bearings and remained at sea for six days without food or water," the coastguard stated.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
If I lost my bearings and fell down that, it’d probably be my last fall.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
