How to Use onus in a Sentence

onus

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  • O’Connell put the onus on himself to see the Vikings improve.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
  • So that’s kind of the onus on the starting pitcher to go out there and hold the fort.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
  • The onus isn't on them to change the world and educate people.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But the onus to forge change cannot fall solely on them.
    — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The onus should be on schools to help all of their students succeed.
    — Paula A. Johnson, STAT, 10 Feb. 2023
  • If Kendrick wanted to play football, the onus was on him to ask.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Much of the onus for improvement will fall on the shoulders of Jayson Tatum.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 13 June 2022
  • But the onus falls on C. Milton Wright for the decision.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The onus is on the consumer to take the initiative to keep the data private.
    — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Your knees will track over your toes, and that's okay; this will help to put the onus onto your quads.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 July 2023
  • Mendoza put the onus on the coaching staff to help the team get past this dismal stretch of play.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • No, the onus falls on the Giants’ starting pitchers and the baseball gods.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
  • Even so, the onus is on the worker to advocate for themselves.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Kim disagreed with his coach and put the onus on himself and his teammates.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
  • That has put an onus on the Kremlin to find fresh manpower.
    — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 18 June 2022
  • But the onus is really on the homeowner to point out these things.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • His union, and his lawyer, say this onus can't be placed on performers.
    — Andrew Dalton, ajc, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The onus is on the performers to flesh out the milieu — one of the reasons the play is a favorite of acting students.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The onus will be on the Grizzlies to stay disciplined in their reads and not get fooled by Curry’s many tricks.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The onus will fall on Hill and Gus Edwards to shoulder the rushing game — unless the Ravens add from elsewhere.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The court order put the onus on the Sheriff’s Office to transfer Campbell.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2024
  • Damian Lillard certainly felt the same way but put the onus on the entire team to learn from the loss, not just Grant.
    — oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2022
  • But the onus is on the patients and their doctors to seek out that information.
    — The Editors, Scientific American, 31 May 2022
  • The onus is on employers, not employees, to break the cycle.
    — Amy Leschke-Kahle, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The onus, now, is on you to find the meditative and/or contemplative in what’s in front of you.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
  • So the onus is on the Federal Reserve to choose its moves carefully.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 16 June 2022
  • The onus is on the aides who answer the phones in her office — some as young as 19 — to determine what constitutes a threat.
    — Stephanie Lai, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Kratom is not regulated by the FDA, so the onus remains on the suppliers.
    — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • And the onus of [mandating] that would be on governments and on the private sector as well.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 19 June 2024
  • Thus, the onus is on workers to nix the single-use plastics and switch to fluorescent bulbs.
    — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023

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