kick in
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Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The hangup was when a tax of 130 Canadian dollars a tonne, or the equivalent of about $95, would kick in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
“As our key growth drivers of co-packaged optics and optical circuit switches begin to kick in, we would expect further increases in earnings power.”
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
It has also made use of "fiscal drag" by freezing the thresholds at which higher tax rates kick in - meaning that as pay goes up, more earnings are taxed at higher rates.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
His mother was able to kick in $20,000 from her settlement, his three brothers kicked in $10,000 each of theirs.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
