take for granted
Example Sentences
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My job as a historian, regardless of the topic, is to denaturalize what we take for granted.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
"The child who comes through, we want them to realise that many of the things that they take for granted have absolutely amazing stories behind them."
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
"Ayden has not played a lot of football recently, and to come into that environment is not something that you can take for granted," said Carrick.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
What investors today take for granted — buying or selling a basket of thousands of stocks with a single click of a mouse while incurring no transaction cost — was impossible.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
They lacked political and social mechanisms, which we take for granted, to achieve peaceful resolution of serious disputes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
