How to Use bearing in a Sentence

bearing

noun
  • Jonathan Young said that doesn’t have much bearing on his appearance on the show.
    al, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The fact that the baseball teams play outside has no bearing on the mandate, the spokesperson said.
    Dennis Young, courant.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The judge found those statements had no bearing on the legitimacy of the subpoenas.
    Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Both sides offer differing views of the First Amendment and its bearing in the dispute.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022
  • What's less clear is whether his party's performance in the midterm election will have any bearing on Biden's decision.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Whether or not this happens in a particular way has very little bearing on most of us, who will go about our lives without knowing either way.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
  • China's position is that the conflict in Ukraine has no bearing on the Taiwan question.
    Clay Chandler, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2022
  • That will have a bearing on drug price negotiations, insulin caps and what happens to ACA subsidies.
    Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
  • In general, the location of an evacuee's military base had little bearing on their final destination.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The district attorney’s office said that the income of people accused of felony crimes has no statistically significant bearing on whether they will be charged.
    oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Ashleigh Barty, who won her third major with her victory at the Australian Open, has the game of a champion, and also the bearing of one.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The result of Sunday’s game won’t ultimately have much bearing on whether Tennessee, or UConn for that matter, can achieve its long-term goals.
    courant.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • All of this will have a bearing on the elections of 2024.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The cars caught fire in the first place because a key wheel bearing failed and got too hot.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 26 June 2024
  • The outcome of England vs. Wales, though, will have no bearing on the U.S. cause.
    Steven Goff, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The next day, his whole front leg was engorged and non-weight bearing.
    Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Neville said the contract dispute has no bearing on the 2023 game.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • Shears' friends told deputies that wasn't true and that the car's wheel bearings were working well.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2023
  • The skates come stocked with freestyle wheels and slalom bearings, though the frames are removable.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
  • On the right, next to the minutes, is a sapphire jewel bearing.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2022
  • While the outcome of the game has no bearing on the $150 bonus conveying, there is a chance that the bet could win.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Usher moves through the world with the bearing of a homecoming king.
    Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The judge ruled her testimony, and the recording had no bearing on the case.
    Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The oil lubricates a giant bearing that helps turn the carousel.
    WSJ, 14 June 2023
  • But the outcome of that case has no bearing on the court's decision to block the debt relief plan.
    Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023
  • This meant Sunday’s matchup in Iowa City had no bearing on the standings.
    Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Solve the puzzle to get your bearings—and to reveal the caption to the cartoon below.
    Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • What happens against the Buckeyes often doesn’t have much bearing on the rest of the season.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
  • But just like in ‘74, the regular season had no bearing on the big dance.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Well, this is a case where Trump is just trying to get his bearings now in Georgia.
    CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023

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