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as in to commit
to obligate by prior agreement
I would love to go to dinner with you, but I've pledged myself to a play with my parents that night
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as in to pawn
to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan
pledged their house against the loan
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as in to vow
to make a solemn declaration of intent
I pledge that I will abide by all of the rules of this organization
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as in guarantee
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise
I was required to leave my keys as a pledge that I would bring the car back
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as in promise
a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something
made a pledge to quit smoking
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Recent Examples of pledge
Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
But accountability will be hard to achieve, and concern is growing about attacks on former low-level members by Syrians seeking revenge.
Securing a Place for Minorities: Rebel leaders pledged to build a Syria that is tolerant of other beliefs.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
The MusiCares and the Recording Academy Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort will help music professionals impacted by the crisis, with a combined pledge of $1 million to kick off the efforts.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
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Runway 7 has contributed more than $125,000 and has pledged another $50,000 in 2025 to the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center at Mount Sinai for Multiple Sclerosis.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
But accountability will be hard to achieve, and concern is growing about attacks on former low-level members by Syrians seeking revenge.
Securing a Place for Minorities: Rebel leaders pledged to build a Syria that is tolerant of other beliefs.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
The commitment follows fellow financial giant JPMorgan Chase’s $2 million pledge on Jan. 10 to unspecified philanthropic organizations helping out with wildfire recovery in Southern California.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
The MusiCares and the Recording Academy Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort will help music professionals impacted by the crisis, with a combined pledge of $1 million to kick off the efforts.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
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Determining mental health support and resources especially for local youth was a top priority, Sentry committed $1 million to the cause as the fires would go on to cause $5.5 billion in damages while leaving more than 100 dead.—
Michael LoRé,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Chargers don’t commit penalties (1,587 yards lost to penalties on offense and defense combined, fourth-lowest in the NFL).—
Jordan Brenner,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The family found the jewelry at a local pawn shop, where an employee of Maple Ridge Memory Care in Essex Junction had pawned it off, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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Here, Morgan Murphy simply ignores the talk-show question she’s asked and chooses instead to try to pawn a used desk of hers off on someone in the audience.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
6 Sep. 2024
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For example, Trump vowed during the presidential campaign to deny Newsom federal money to fight wildfires unless the governor diverted more water to farms.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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For this year, authorities have vowed to make boosting consumption a top priority and to revive credit demand with lower corporate financing and household borrowing costs.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2025
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The cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas is no guarantee of peace.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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For some teams, the finish line never comes, so there's no guarantee.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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The latest: Trump's promises or pardons have influenced some cases, as defendants have cited Trump's words in seeking to delay proceedings until after the president-elect is inaugurated, Axios' Avery Lotz writes.—
Lucille Sherman,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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That’s likely to include orders on immigration that speak to border security and Trump’s promise to begin deportations, Rockman said.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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During a one-year period, the casino deposited $763,196 into its bank accounts, according to an affidavit filed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.—
David Fleshler,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2025
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In a small Missouri Bootheel town, the acting mayor didn’t deposit at least $66,000 in city receipts, hired her daughter as city clerk and between 2017 and 2019 ran the city without a board of aldermen.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some TikTokers swear by a hangover remedy called DHM (dihydromyricetin), a flavonoid found in several plants native to Asia.—
John Loeppky,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2025
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Spring 2023: The makings of a partnership A seismic shift came when Johnson, buoyed by more than $2 million in support from the CTU, was sworn into office in spring 2023.—
Ikram Mohamed,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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Trump has also expressed opposition to a looming ban on TikTok after earlier having supported a law requiring its Chinese parent company to divest its U.S. operations over national security concerns.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Leaders can improve their security capabilities by integrating an AI security operations center (AI-SOC).—
Dewayne Hart,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Pledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pledge. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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