take for granted
Example Sentences
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But that advice assumes the public trusts that prices will come back down, and after five years of above-target inflation, that trust is harder to take for granted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
This Ryder Cup captaincy journey has given me so much focus, so much purpose and it is something I don't take for granted.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
“I like that Lyndon is using materials that are a part of our everyday lives that we take for granted and we discard,” Jackson said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
There are “invisible things that people take for granted, especially people that are just waking up” to their financial reality, said Cummings Koski.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
There are no phones, no computers, no cars, no kitchen appliances—virtually none of the conveniences that many people in the world take for granted.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
