Synonyms for locking
lock·ing

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1. locking, lockupnoun

   the act of locking something up to protect it

   Synonyms:
   lockup

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1. • Protection

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1. List of paraphrases for "locking":

   lock, lock-up, lockout, blockade, blocking, latching, embargo, phase-lock, foreclosure, lockdown, latch, lock-out, block, blockage, gating

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1. locking

   Synonyms:
   See Phase locking
   

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1. Tim Scott:

   Locking vulnerable kids out of the classroom is locking adults out of their future, our public schools should have reopened months ago.

2. Jonathan Miller:

   If you look at market share of two-year leases, 56.3%, that is the highest since June of 2021 during the rocket ship of rental activity, what that says to me is that the consumer expects rents to rise going forward and they are locking in rent now as a protection.

3. Lori Lightfoot:

   We also got to push retailers. Some of the retailers downtown and [on] Michigan Avenue, I will tell you, I'm disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority. For example, we still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they've got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night. Chaining high-end bags, these purses seem to be something that is attracting a lot of attention on these organized retail theft units.

4. Jonathan Rick:

   They're trying to give themselves more flexibility without locking themselves into a commitment one way or the other, which in general can be perceived as being dovish.

5. Thomas Weiser:

   Tackling the opioid epidemic is a massive issue and should be a priority. Access to mental health services for troubled or depressed adolescents is also fundamentally important, most suicides are preventable with appropriate resources and counseling and by creating more barriers to lethal forms of self-harm, for example by locking up firearms and keeping them unloaded.