tapping

Example Sentences

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Beacon is tapping in to the former, Somaia said, adding that there are advantages to the strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

For Falakshahi, the only factor limiting further oil price spikes at the moment is China, "which is buying less oil than normal" by tapping into its vast strategic reserves.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

It suggests tapping your retirement fund before age 73 to help bring down your balances, along with your RMDs.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

I started to slide my fingers under my leg to stifle the need to tap—but then just let the tapping happen, as Dr. Cain is well aware of it.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell