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
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In 2026, his foreign policy tactics will need greater buy-in from other governments to achieve his election-year goals.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 28 Dec. 2025
In an interview Thursday, Kelly told The Star that local buy-in will be an important factor for any stadium project to succeed in Kansas.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Build consensus before the meeting The time to get buy-in is in the days leading up to an important conversation, not during it.
—Melody Wilding, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
But the vaccine can only manage that when a population matches that effectiveness with a nearly equally high level of immunization buy-in, Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, an infectious-disease physician at Emory University, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
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Ian Bremmer, Time, 28 Dec. 2025
In an interview Thursday, Kelly told The Star that local buy-in will be an important factor for any stadium project to succeed in Kansas.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
Build consensus before the meeting The time to get buy-in is in the days leading up to an important conversation, not during it.
—Melody Wilding, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
But the vaccine can only manage that when a population matches that effectiveness with a nearly equally high level of immunization buy-in, Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, an infectious-disease physician at Emory University, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Buy-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy-in. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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