How to Use future shock in a Sentence

future shock

noun
  • With more volatility ahead, there’s still time to reassess your exposure and insulate your data centers against future shocks.
    — Ryan Mallory, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • How do those changes affect what Americans pay for energy now, and how easily the country can adapt to future shocks in oil supply?
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Beyond the short term, effective relief preserves societal stability, fosters recovery, and lays the foundation for resilience against future shocks.
    — Trickleup, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The April personal consumption expenditures price index reported this week showed a drop in Americans' savings rate, which could mean less of a buffer to absorb future shocks.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • Beijing is also continuing its push to insulate itself from future shocks – including in its upcoming five-year plan, which aims to deepen a top-down drive for tech and industrial self-sufficiency.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Irish government should save more of its windfall from corporate taxes to make the public finances less vulnerable to future shocks, Central Bank of Ireland Governor Gabriel Makhlouf warned.
    — Jennifer Duggan, Bloomberg, 11 Feb. 2026
  • For low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, higher import bills for fuel, fertilizer, and food risk exacerbating already record-high debt levels, squeezing the fiscal space necessary to invest in climate action and resilience to future shocks.
    — Chloé Farand, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026

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