shoulder
noun
the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
will shoulder
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future tenseof shoulder.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The company will shoulder 40% of development costs to Roche’s 60%, though the pair will split U.S. commercial profits and losses evenly.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The stakes are high—Sizewell C was greenlit last year, and this time taxpayers will shoulder more of the burden if the project runs over budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
"New tariffs are continuing to generate cost pressures in the supply chain, which consumers will shoulder soon," Samuel Tombs, chief US economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, wrote after the report.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
He isn’t a player who will shoulder a disproportionate share of the blame for a team’s collective failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2023
"Yes, Sir, sweating after him: I delight in energy; give me the man who will shoulder a millstone, if need be."
From Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. by Andrew Archibald Paton
