kick in

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Recent Examples of kick in In the meantime, weird distortions in the metals markets have already started to kick in. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 July 2025 Fletcher noticed that when the air quality dipped in her home, say after lighting candles or cooking on the stovetop, the auto setting kicks in. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025 Medicaid cuts proposed in the sweeping budget bill could begin taking effect as early as Dec. 31, 2026, with some provisions kicking in immediately. Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025 Stores knew tariffs were coming, so many tried to beat the clock by importing inventory before tariffs kicked in. Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for kick in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick in
Verb
  • Fox News Digital's Alex Koch contributed to this article.
    Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
  • Editor’s note: This information was contributed by Our Companions Animal Sanctuary.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • No spoilers on who lives and who dies in the film, but buckle up for bold twists and turns.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • In Gaza, though, no one knows precisely how many people have died, or what proportion were innocents; the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, maintains that more than half were women and children.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, property tax bills could fall as a result of lower property values—at least in the short-term.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
  • More aggressive treatment options Advertisement In particularly severe cases—especially when someone has an underlying autoimmune disease—OTC eye drops and lifestyle modifications will likely fall short.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 21 July 2025
Verb
  • At the time, Mao was on the back foot politically after his disastrous Great Leap Forward, an industrialization campaign in which as many as 45 million people perished in famines.
    M. Taylor Fravel, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2025
  • These are some of the memories Lacy and John Lawrence will treasure of their 8-year-old twin daughters who both perished in the Texas Hill Country floods that took the lives of at least 134 people, including 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic.
    Joan Chrissos July 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025

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“Kick in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick%20in. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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