How to Use in force in a Sentence

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• Fans starved for a change showed up in force and were rewarded.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
• Arizona had one already in force for state and local elections.
  — CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
• That's where buyers stepped up in force during the March and April lows and held the line both times.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
• The factors that had confounded such efforts remained in force and had worsened.
  — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
• Rivers and creeks have fallen to historic lows, while water restrictions are in force across much of the country.
  — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
• The haters have hacked the store’s website, harassed its hosts, spread rumors about its owner, and threatened to show up in force in front of its physical store.
  — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
• Advocates and organizations that work with youth also came out in force against the proposal.
  — Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
• Auteurs are out in force in this year’s writing and directing Emmy races and so are veteran pilot and episodic helmers.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 July 2026
• The maid who let the Clue Gang into the room calls the demonstrably quite fallible Philly cops, who arrive in force.
  — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
• Same exposure, two doors, and many agreements in force today never contemplated either one.
  — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• But shortly after the pool reopened, in June, algae returned in force and the sealant peeled, leading crews to repeatedly drain and scrub the basin over the summer.
  — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
• Some want to see the party banned, and protesters expected to turn out in force on Saturday and Sunday likely will underline those calls.
  — ABC News, 3 July 2026
• Customers with a private passenger auto policy in force at any point in 2025 are eligible.
  — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
• When Mile of Music got underway, the community came out in force, both to support their homegrown festival and to bond in the face of disaster.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
• This January, the California Supreme Court declined to hear the case, and the 30-foot coastal height limit is back in force.
  — Zack Defazio Farrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026
• In June, the government banned all political rallies, citing security concerns, but did not specify how long the ban would remain in force.
  — ABC News, 25 July 2026
• Brands from Louis Vuitton to Dior to Chanel boast a strong roster of K-pop brand ambassadors, and each fashion month, local talent comes out in force.
  — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
• But far from proving that equality is an outdated concept, the meme is merely showing us that two of Samuel Johnson’s competing definitions of it remain in force.
  — Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
• Once the requirement is fully in force, carriers will verify that eligible travelers have valid authorization before allowing them to board.
  — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
• The agency added that FDA investigators involved in outbreak response were not affected by recent reductions in force.
  — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
• Forest Service officials, their patience having long evaporated, arrived in force, handcuffing and hauling the occupiers out by the yokes of their flannels, then bulldozing the camp.
  — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
• Syria had been on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list since 1979, with the designation in force throughout al-Assad’s rule.
  — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
• The court ruled that the referendum petition was legal, sufficient, and timely, meaning the new map had not taken effect and that the 2022 congressional map remained in force.
  — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
• Customers who had a private passenger State Farm auto policy in force at any time in 2025 and whose dividend payment is at least $10 qualify for a dividend.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
• Nacha's account verification rule is now in force, requiring stronger validation of bank account details before processing ACH transactions.
  — Ivaylo Bozoukov, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
• In a question-and-answer part of the event, a staffer expressed concern about the agency’s ability to continue the high level of detailed work necessary to address ongoing outbreaks such as measles and Ebola following a massive reduction in force.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
• Its stablecoin ordinance, in force since August 2025, permits coins referencing any fiat currency in principle, and the city holds the world's largest offshore renminbi pool, around one trillion yuan.
  — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
• Licata and his team spent most of the summer enacting sweeping changes, including two separate reductions in force, closing campuses, changing curriculum models and altering how the district’s lowest-performing schools get access to resources.
  — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026
• Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan expressed a similar urgency about when and in which of Meta’s product lines the returns on AI investment would start to materialize in force.
  — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 30 July 2026
• As of 2018, the country had 826,537,000 consumer-arbitration agreements in force—a significant undercount, the academics who performed the study noted.
  — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026