lock in
Example Sentences
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In 2024, existing-home sales were 4.06 million, the lowest level since 1995, largely due to mortgage rate lock-in.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
"We were his first British radio interview," she says, recalling that he did a lock-in at his studio to show her his latest tracks.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
Belle Lin: Right, there’s a lot of remaining trauma from the days of cloud lock-in where if you were in the Google ecosystem or the Amazon ecosystem or the Microsoft ecosystem, you were stuck there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
But Kelman also framed the lock-in effect as a detriment to societal progress.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
The book was there because his beloved librarian gave it to the old fool when he was the same age as all the library lock-in contestants.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
