taken for granted
Example Sentences
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Nothing can be taken for granted, of course.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Sometimes managers are taken for granted, and if they are in the job for any period, then some people will say, 'oh we need a change'.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
So I would preface with this: There are lots of wonderful things about Europe that go unnoticed, unreported, or taken for granted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
From Texas and Oklahoma to the Midwest and Northeast, roads are slick, flights are canceled and energy grids are under stress, exposing vulnerabilities in systems long taken for granted.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
Had he always taken for granted the strangeness of these names?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
