bear on
Britishverb
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to be relevant to; relate to
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to be burdensome to or afflict
his misdeeds bore heavily on his conscience
Example Sentences
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How each man pulls up on Sunday will have a significant bearing on the result.
From BBC
JP: Does the reality of industry have any bearing on the art you want to create versus the art it’s ready for?
From Los Angeles Times
What’s different about economists is that they are intensely interested in measuring and understanding how labor markets work—and they have brought that to bear on their own profession.
Yet many Fed watchers are concerned about how this episode will bear on the White House-Fed relationship in the future.
“We believe IBM will positively surprise the bears on its earnings through the year, driving upside to the stock,” Singh said.
From Barron's
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