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lock-in

[ lok-in ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid.
  2. commitment, binding, or restriction.


lock-in

noun

  1. an illegal session of selling alcohol in a bar after the time when it should, by law, be closed
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lock-in1

First recorded in 1965–70; noun use of verb phrase lock in
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“The DeepSeek announcement should prompt regulators all across the country to feel empowered to rigorously interrogate forecasts used to justify lock-in of fossil fuel infrastructure,†Julie McNamara, deputy policy director with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Salon.

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“Fossil fuel companies are seizing this moment to attempt a blatant end-run around critical climate and public health standards to lock-in new gas infrastructure for decades to come,†McNamara said.

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Dr Colin Church, who led an independent review of incineration for the Scottish government which resulted in the ban, said: “‘Lock-in’ is a real issue, the energy-from-waste sector swears blind it’s not, but it is.â€

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Unlike other ways the government might provide aid after a disaster, flood insurance subsidy is a place-based recovery program that is designed to keep people in their communities, which can produce a lock-in effect.

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The result is the so-called “lock-in effect†keeping people from listing their homes for sale.

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