kick in

Example Sentences

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But she told Franklin that she also wished to avoid the California income tax that would kick in the moment her salary hit $1 million.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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

If you bought travel insurance, it may kick in, but it depends on your policy’s fine print.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

This brings you up to your RMDs — so for the five years before those RMDs kick in, from ages 68 to 73, that $1,800 a month equates to withdrawals of $108,000.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

For me, growing up as a human being on the planet Earth in the twenty-first century was a real kick in the teeth.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline