Examples of lockup in a Sentence
the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
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As the earliest investors reach the end of their lockup periods, some will look to cash out their stakes, putting further selling pressure on the stock, which is still up 200% since the IPO.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Even after a lockup expired, Trump sold zero shares, perhaps concerned that doing so would tank the stock price and erase billions from his net worth.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Has anyone in lockup ever had as immaculate a cut, color, brow, and lippie game than Ms. Clark?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Movement lockups and inventory issues when using the Proximity Mine gadget.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Even after a lockup expired, Trump sold zero shares, perhaps concerned that doing so would tank the stock price and erase billions from his net worth.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Has anyone in lockup ever had as immaculate a cut, color, brow, and lippie game than Ms. Clark?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Movement lockups and inventory issues when using the Proximity Mine gadget.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lockup
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“Lockup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lockup. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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lockup
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