lock in
Example Sentences
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Chinese AI companies are racing to lock in capital to fund their costly research and data-center expansions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He says he decided to lock in the cheaper price at the start of the conflict because he predicted the war would cause prices to rise.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“It’s not a bad time to lock in if it is your retirement money and it’s like $100,000 at a time.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Once broadly available, Terra will be priced at half the cost of its predecessor GPT-5.5, OpenAI has said, as it seeks to lock in customers amid fierce competition from Anthropic and Google.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
He couldn’t get it to snap and lock in place, and it kept flying open every time he tried to step into the bus.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
