out of key
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Today, high-growth companies remain private for much longer—often well over a decade—locking the public out of key, wealth-creation phases of their growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Yet as a fulfillment of what had gone before, I found it unsatisfying, out of key and sort of unfair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
The charges led to an overhaul of FIFA’s leadership, including the ouster of its longtime president Sepp Blatter, and made celebrities out of key players in the case.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
“At this time, if there are two feature films happening at the same time, we start running out of key crew.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
So Nina taught her the words, and they sang together, fumbling through the verses, hopelessly out of key, until the lanterns burned low.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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