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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Mike Vrabel has engendered as much buy-in as any Patriots head coach since prime Bill Belichick.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
That fact has many wondering whether a marketing campaign can actually win the buy-in of those convinced that Dominion was involved in stealing elections.
—Bente Birkeland, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
To have any hope of a successful turnaround, Spring felt that Macy’s needed a cultural reset first, to inspire a workforce battered by years of falling revenue, store closings, and staff reductions, and get buy-in to his strategy.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Its basketball buy-in starts this fall.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
That fact has many wondering whether a marketing campaign can actually win the buy-in of those convinced that Dominion was involved in stealing elections.
—Bente Birkeland, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
To have any hope of a successful turnaround, Spring felt that Macy’s needed a cultural reset first, to inspire a workforce battered by years of falling revenue, store closings, and staff reductions, and get buy-in to his strategy.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Its basketball buy-in starts this fall.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Buy-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy-in. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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