bake in
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Well, if you use ChatGPT to plan it, maybe just bake in extra time in case things go awry.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
It doesn’t take into account the impact that sporting outcomes could have on results and thus doesn’t bake in “the modest benefit from year-to-date sport outcomes.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
He added that "a lack of investment will bake in the structural inefficiencies for another three years and will lose a once in a generation opportunity to reform the service".
From BBC • May 27, 2025
Both Hemsley and McGowan are amateur bakers and they ran into several obstacles when learning to bake in a large, commercial setting.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025
She swiped her fingers over an unwrapped slab of butter and began greasing the loaf pans Malachite was going to bake in.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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