Sentence examples for locked meaning from inspiring English sources

That phone is locked, meaning it is intended to be used with AT&T, the only carrier Apple chose in the United States.

Michael Jackson's Wikipedia page remains partially locked, meaning that edits by anonymous users, or those who do not have a confirmed account, cannot be made to the entry.

Because the planet is so close to the star it is tidally locked, meaning it shows only one face to the star at all times.

Gliese 581g orbits its sun in a bit more than 36 days and is almost certainly tidally locked, meaning the same side of the planet always faces the sun.

As the planets orbit very close to their star, Barstow says that may mean the radiation coming off the star may strip their atmospheres away entirely, making it extremely difficult for organisms to thrive, particularly as both planets are tidally locked, meaning they have permanent day and night sides.

Like Mercury and our moon, the planet is tidally locked, meaning it always shows the same face to its sun.

Anyone who retires to a country within the European Economic Area has their state pension uprated by the "triple lock", meaning it is guaranteed to rise in line with whichever is the highest of earnings, inflation or 2.5%.

Starting C. C. Sabathia in the division series opener is a near-lock, meaning that for Game 2, Girardi would choose between Andy Pettitte (5-1, 3.06 earned run average in 11 starts since the All-Star break) and Burnett, who has pitched well at times but rarely throughout an entire game.

Firstly they ran into an assembly problem, after the battery compartment came loose on a batch of locks meaning the team had to perform a manual fix on all the affected locks — which took a chunk of extra time.

N.F.L. officials remain locked out, meaning this game will be policed by replacement referees.

The prices for such trips are locked in, meaning travelers are shielded from fluctuations in the euro.