unlock
verb (used with object)
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
will unlock
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future tenseof unlock.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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Krishna has staked a lot of IBM’s future on the belief that quantum will unlock the same kind of growth potential that was seen with GPU chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Tackling unemployment linked to long-term illness will unlock economic growth that's "hiding in plain sight", former John Lewis chair Sir Charlie Mayfield has said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The growth projected by Anthropic, OpenAI and others is built in large part on the assumption that the giant pots of money the IPOs will unlock will go to fund more and more data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Investors hope that self-driving cabs will unlock a new era of earnings growth for Tesla.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
“And I mean ‘key’ as in most significant person as well as ‘key’ as in the actual key that will unlock the server room.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
