Example sentences for: reap

How can you use “reap” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The seeds of paranoia that were planted in the hothouse of the late '60s and early '70s germinated, and in the cynical, offhand conspiracism of the '90s, we reap their fruit.

  • The point of having a stock market, after all, is not so that people can buy Intel at 72 when it's on its way up and sell at 76 to reap a quick profit.

  • Is it too large a leap of faith to believe that the right incentives, ones that capitalize on the comparative advantages of people or locations, can reap positive returns not just for the direct beneficiaries, but for the larger society?

  • In essence, baseball teams are able to reap what are called monopoly rents because they face little or no competition for the local fan's dollar.

  • Other things being equal (and new stadiums with high-profit luxury boxes can make a sizable difference), teams in big markets are able to reap much larger rents because the pool of fans from which they draw attendance and TV viewership is much larger.


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