taken for granted
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The May PCE report isn’t likely to be taken for granted by the market; it will be combed carefully and methodically for signs to either add to or dial back rate-hike bets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
“Another quiet British pleasure has slipped away; another modest national treasure, taken for granted, undervalued and now lost,” Sandy Rich, founder of Tregeagle Fine Art, wrote in a post on Instagram.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Richard Clothier, managing director of Wyke Farms in Somerset, said: "With climate change and the other geopolitical challenges around the world, food security can't be taken for granted any more."
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Once again it showed nothing can ever be taken for granted in sport.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
The third type of technology is the kind that is so effective that it seems to attract the least public notice; it has come to be taken for granted.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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