lockup

Example Sentences

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Lockup agreements prevent early investors and employees from selling their shares for a set period after a company goes public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Once they leave Central Lockup, they cross the street, walk up the driveway and knock on the door of the First 72+.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2021

Lockup: The Supreme Court has ruled that automatic life-without-parole sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional, but it didn’t give any guidance on what would replace them.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2020

"Love After Lockup" airs Fridays at 9 p.m. on WE TV.

From Fox News • Nov. 15, 2019

Answer.—If you don't mind being put in the Lockup, perhaps you had better apply to "Dr."

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870 by Various