bake in
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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For now, the market isn’t appearing to bake in a potential transaction surge for networks via agentic commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Well, if you use ChatGPT to plan it, maybe just bake in extra time in case things go awry.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
It doesn’t take into account the impact that sporting outcomes could have on results and thus doesn’t bake in “the modest benefit from year-to-date sport outcomes.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
He added that "a lack of investment will bake in the structural inefficiencies for another three years and will lose a once in a generation opportunity to reform the service".
From BBC • May 27, 2025
I saw those too, and once in a while I’d take a fresh egg from one of their nests as a special treat to boil in my clay pot or bake in a wood fire.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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