How to Use bearing in a Sentence
bearing
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All of this will have a bearing on the elections of 2024.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
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Did the weight of that whole event have a heavy bearing on you?
—Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2021
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The charge has no bearing on what Dr. X will be paid for the service.
—Jeff Gorke, Forbes, 13 May 2021
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The cars caught fire in the first place because a key wheel bearing failed and got too hot.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 26 June 2024
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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, but don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
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The outcome of England vs. Wales, though, will have no bearing on the U.S. cause.
—Steven Goff, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2022
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The next day, his whole front leg was engorged and non-weight bearing.
—Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
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Neville said the contract dispute has no bearing on the 2023 game.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
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Shears' friends told deputies that wasn't true and that the car's wheel bearings were working well.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2023
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The guest cylinder comes as one piece with the release bearing in this truck.
—Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
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The skates come stocked with freestyle wheels and slalom bearings, though the frames are removable.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
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On the right, next to the minutes, is a sapphire jewel bearing.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
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While the outcome of the game has no bearing on the $150 bonus conveying, there is a chance that the bet could win.
—Xl Media, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022
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Schenk told the jury that the rape claim had no bearing on the criminal case.
—Joel Rosenblatt, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2021
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Usher moves through the world with the bearing of a homecoming king.
—Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
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The judge ruled her testimony, and the recording had no bearing on the case.
—Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
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The oil lubricates a giant bearing that helps turn the carousel.
—WSJ, 14 June 2023
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But the outcome of that case has no bearing on the court's decision to block the debt relief plan.
—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023
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The fact that the baseball teams play outside has no bearing on the mandate, the spokesperson said.
—Dennis Young, courant.com, 15 Mar. 2022
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This has no bearing on the future of the Christmas parade.
—Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2021
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This meant Sunday’s matchup in Iowa City had no bearing on the standings.
—Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
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The game between the Packers and the Bears has no bearing on seeding in this scenario.
—Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 2 Jan. 2021
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Solve the puzzle to get your bearings—and to reveal the caption to the cartoon below.
—Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
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What happens against the Buckeyes often doesn’t have much bearing on the rest of the season.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
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How many times the gambler has rolled that night has no bearing on whether the next roll will be a double six.
—Philip Goff, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2021
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But just like in ‘74, the regular season had no bearing on the big dance.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Jonathan Young said that doesn’t have much bearing on his appearance on the show.
—al, 9 Mar. 2022
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Come spring, the thumb from the prior season grows long, taking its turn as the fruit-bearing limb.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2021
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Carter specifically assumed that the age of the sun, and therefore the Earth, should have no bearing on how quickly complex life evolved.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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But choosing to keep my truck does nothing to eliminate its squeaky bearings.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
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