How to Use buy-in in a Sentence

buy-in

noun
  • Of course, the league still needs buy-in.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The team’s buy-in is clear through three games.
    — Pj Green march 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
  • One of the big things is teacher buy-in.
    — Jerrid Kruse, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But her buy-in to a new role is pivotal.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • So there’s buy-in from that quarter.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Getting buy-in from players is the first step.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • That meant getting buy-in on the title.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • Amorim has failed to achieve buy-in from his players.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Build momentum and earn the buy-in for the next step.
    — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Can this leader build buy-in from frontline staff?
    — Genine Fallon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Some of these ideas have already seen buy-in across the country.
    — Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2024
  • Getting buy-in from players, teams and fans is the first step.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • Its basketball buy-in starts this fall.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Their basketball buy-in starts this fall.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But the buy-in could fade if the results don’t follow the hard work.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Then, with Mom’s buy-in, line them up and be the main contact.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But lack of buy-in from leadership has been a sticking point.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Concern comes from a place of ownership and buy-in.
    — Steve D. Klein, STAT, 14 May 2026
  • Yet despite the high buy-in, the club continues to see growth.
    — Sofia Chierchio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The warmup was one of Kiser’s first moments of buy-in with Landow.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Lanning witnessed the buy-in and believed in the process.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Even the best technical plan needs public buy-in.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025
  • In a transactional world, the buy-in isn’t the same.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Trying to get his buy-in was important.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • So, learn how to tell a data story from start to finish to get buy-in for your projects.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • For Vitello, the buy-in process had to start with Chapman.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The new 161-page draft notably does not have buy-in from Democrats.
    — Julia Shapero, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Bell cautioned against drawing too broad a conclusion from the buy-ins.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Butera and his coaches have connected with players and have an across-the-board buy-in.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Mingrone was hoping to get buy-in from about 40 households.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 June 2026

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