in check
Example Sentences
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Without a credible plan to keep debt in check, investors will demand a higher term premium, or greater compensation for buying longer-term debt, said Erik Liem, rates strategist at Commerzbank, in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Olsen: Do you find, especially in the way that your personal and professional lives are intertwined, is it good that you have each other to keep yourselves in check?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Higher yields have kept spreads broadly in check this year, despite significant uncertainty around the risks of “circular financing” in the AI race and whether the data-center boom will pay off.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
This week he signed into law a bill reducing taxes on diesel and capping commercial markups on both diesel and petrol, a bid to keep energy costs in check.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
But on this morning the temperature was held in check by a biting wind that gusted down from the upper mountain, creating a windchill that dipped to perhaps forty below zero.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
