tie up
Example Sentences
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Organizing workforce policy around displacement measures would likely expand bureaucracy and tie up resources in tracking layoffs, monitoring “AI risk” and subsidizing retraining.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Given the way the world economy is going right now, though, you may not want to tie up cash for that long, because rates are in flux.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The Amazon-Globalstar tie up is mixed news for Iridium and AST SpaceMobile.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Giant food mergers often don’t go as advertised, but the McCormick-Unilever tie up could prove to be an exception.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Still, traffic could tie up in cities when every one was awake.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
