bearing on

Example Sentences

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"The handshake evolved very slowly as a mode of greeting and had no bearing on hat-honor as a gesture of deference," he says.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Obviously in that context, a court may say that Congress can do this, but that has no bearing on today.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

These revisions don’t have any bearing on the Labor Department’s main jobs count, which is based on a survey of employers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Moncla told ProPublica the matter had no bearing on his election-related research.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2026

For geeks, both politics and journalism represent—in Jesse’s words—“an insane and useless” system that has little bearing on their lives.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz