plural buy-ins
: acceptance of and willingness to actively support and participate in something (such as a proposed new plan or policy)
Without buy-in from his troops, Gruden's just another tuned-out coach.—
Tim Keown
Tim KeownProbably the biggest challenge is to increase teacher buy-in. Some worry that Khan's methods are too untested. Others are more blunt, saying he wants to replace teachers with computers.—Kayla Webley
Kayla WebleyExamples of buy-in in a Sentence
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So, securing organizational buy-in requires more than technical jargon or feature lists.
—Kerry Brown, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Either of those options would likely require buy-in from Connecticut’s neighboring states.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
No deal would be possible without the buy-in of Greenland’s parliament, the Inatsisartut.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Instead of government buy-in to specific currencies, many cryptocurrency leaders are pushing for federal support for a cryptocurrency platform.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
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Kerry Brown, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Either of those options would likely require buy-in from Connecticut’s neighboring states.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
No deal would be possible without the buy-in of Greenland’s parliament, the Inatsisartut.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Instead of government buy-in to specific currencies, many cryptocurrency leaders are pushing for federal support for a cryptocurrency platform.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for buy-in
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“Buy-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy-in. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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