tap into

phrase

: to make a strong or advantageous connection with
trying to tap into a new market

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Pileated woodpeckers are a good example of a bird that is well adapted to tapping into trees and logs that insects are living inside. — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026 Originally called the Dyer Drive-In after its original owner, Ira Dyer, the theater tapped into a growing audience of teenagers and young adults who would slip out to see the latest B-movie sci-fi and horror releases. — David Morton, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026 Dr Amir Firouzjaei, a general practitioner and traditional Chinese medicine expert who has lived in Dubai for three years, believes the movement taps into something deeper. — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026 Indeed, how this film plays with Japan’s atomic grievances, tapping into a generation’s latent rage and the notion that opportunity is just tragedy that has shed its skin, feels like a culmination of 30-plus years of storytelling with the character. — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tap into

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“Tap into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tap%20into. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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