take for granted
Example Sentences
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He got a nice ovation from the Philadelphia crowd, which he knew better than to take for granted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
There are a lot of narratives about AI that people take for granted, including “AI will take our jobs” or “someday AI will be smarter than humans,” or even that AI literally means “artificial intelligence.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Security is omnipresent, and the comforts we take for granted in the West can vanish without warning—as when my upscale hotel couldn’t muster a hot shower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
My job as a historian, regardless of the topic, is to denaturalize what we take for granted.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Bands lack many institutions that we take for granted in our own society.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
