How to Use under lock and key in a Sentence

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• Many stores keep certain items -- those most often stolen -- under lock and key.
  — Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2023
• The variety of products now under lock and key has grown, too.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Streaming data for the show, per usual, is under lock and key.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
• And, instead of keeping it under lock and key, the bookstores put it on shelves.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2023
• The food pantry was also kept under lock and key, officials said.
  — Mason Leath, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
• But his mom found some footage from it, which hopefully is under lock and key somewhere.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• Products like Oreo cookies (above) are stored under lock and key.
  — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Her plans for a fan meet or performances stateside are also kept under lock and key.
  — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• If he were apprehended, the rest of his days would surely be lived under lock and key.
  — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
• Items like facial cream, rug shampoo and alcohol are under lock and key.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Plot and character details for the film remain under lock and key.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
• For years Ross kept Sterns under lock and key, using him to keep himself alive.
  — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
• Details such as the timestamps of every text to your boyfriend might not be under lock and key, either.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• Across the retail landscape, businesses have been putting items under lock and key as a quick way to stop thieves.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2023
• In some neighborhoods, customers feel racially profiled by what has been placed under lock and key.
  — Curbed, 13 Jan. 2023
• This baller pour is brought to your table under lock and key, rolled on a custom cart to ensure the bottle is undisturbed.
  — Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• As is almost always the case in such matters, details of the settlement are under lock and key.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
• Well, as the marketing shows, your character’s name and backstory have been kept under lock and key.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
• And analysts say putting merchandise under lock and key isn’t a long-term solution.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
• The crisis has forced supermarkets to put their olive oil supplies under lock and key just to prevent it from being stolen.
  — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2023
• Their new feature is described as an action-adventure film, but the logline is being kept under lock and key.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• While the performers came as no real surprise to those tuned into the rumors, their outfits were kept under lock and key.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 July 2024
• The move faced scrutiny at the time as other AI firms chose to keep their technology under lock and key.
  — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025
• The acting is grounded in realism but the writing refuses to keep the characters under lock and key.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
• Now, in many California cities, even the most basic pharmacy products are under lock and key.
  — The Editors, National Review, 25 Oct. 2024
• Penthouses and a rooftop remain under lock and key until later in 2024.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025
• Understandably, the private realms in which these quiet, simple moments unfolded are kept under lock and key.
  — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026
• White’s attorney, Kurt Olson, noted the earlier will was under lock and key.
  — Ed White, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
• White's attorney, Kurt Olson, noted the earlier will was under lock and key.
  — CBS News, 12 July 2023
• After years of keeping viewing data under lock and key, streamers have become a little more open about sharing numbers publicly in the past two years.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023