locked-in
Example Sentences
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Tajik and Kyrgyz athletes for years would not even congratulate each other at competitions, as their countries were locked in a long border dispute.
From Barron's
Since Tesla released its Autopilot system in 2015, carmakers have been locked in a fierce arms race to advance automated-driving technology.
In other words, once an intimate symbiotic relationship forms — in which at least one organism depends on another for survival — it’s locked in.
From Los Angeles Times
"We've got this locked in, we know ourselves, we know our routine, and we got this."
From Barron's
In a widely circulated photo on social media, Steinberger appeared locked in a deep conversation with – of all people – the actor Ashton Kutcher, a VC investor who had also made a surprise visit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.