How to Use blue chip in a Sentence

blue chip

noun
  • The Ducks have former blue chip prospects as their starter and backup.
    — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
  • Braun, with his blue chip slate, can afford to be optimistic.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The one path that might prove more tricky to pull off now is the path of trading up to take one of the blue chip prospects.
    — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • Apps from major brands and blue chip password managers will provide codes on your phone.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • On a roster top-heavy with blue chip prospects, his is a blue-collar success story.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 21 July 2022
  • The 5-star one year, lower-tier next year trade-off only works if every blue chip works out.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 16 May 2021
  • Tesla is now worth more than most blue chip firms in the S&P 500.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 July 2020
  • Have the potential to build a strong roster with a blue chip centerpiece.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • One loft winners are considered blue chip assets.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The sector’s blue chips tend to be overcrowded, which is a recipe for limited yields.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Now, just under the gun, blue chip sellers are using the looming deadline to try to goose sales.
    — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
  • And some of the companies that were still among that blue chip average are no longer in the Dow.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But what about the people who don’t have blue chip schools on their résumé, who didn’t go to college or who maybe had a slow start.
    — Cori Murray, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 May 2023
  • Ohio State faces very few blue chip talents over the course of a Big Ten schedule.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
  • There are blue chips and future NFL players on that defense.
    — The Athletic Cfb Staff, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Players are bought that may not be blue chip but in need of good coaching which Postecoglou has not shown much interest in.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • One of the world’s largest crypto exchanges has raised a huge stash of capital from a blue chip financial titan.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
  • These two programs are atop the Pac-12 and recruit against each other for most every blue chip prospect.
    — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
  • That trade up [by the Jets] ensured that a blue blue chip prospect is going to fall right into Cleveland's lap.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Alabama is supposed to have more blue chip NFL prospects than any team in the country.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Marshall stayed in the program all four years but drifted back down the depth chart a bit as the Bulldogs kept piling up blue chip backs.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Unicus founder Laks Ganapathi also said many blue chip names are involved.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • Howard High’s Ta’Shawn Poole was the last Georgia blue chip standing.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
  • Out of the stocks that make up the blue chip DAX 30, only one closed in the green yesterday.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Fresh off a revamp, the restaurant is now adorned with blue chip art by Richard Serra and Alex Katz.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The Oregon Ducks have added a ninth blue chip prospect to their 2023 football recruiting class.
    — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022
  • South Korea's blue chip Kospi slumped almost 3% and the small-cap Kosdaq shed nearly 2%.
    — Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • That has led to speculation that Tesla may soon be added to the blue chip S&P 500 index.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 Aug. 2020
  • But many blue chip healthcare stocks have been solid gainers in this bear market for the Nasdaq and S&P 500.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 July 2022
  • Alphabet is replacing Verizon on the 30-member blue chip index.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 June 2026

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