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as in accomplished
to carry through (as a process) to completion
accused of committing a felony
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as in handed
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
commit only some power to each official
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as in imprisoned
to put in or as if in prison
The defendant was committed to prison following the guilty verdict.
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Recent Examples of committed
Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Markets are fully committed to a Fed rate cut this month, with CME data showing investors have priced in a 0% chance of a hold as weak labor figures and softer inflation drive dovish bets.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
White, the son of All-American Cal running back Russell White, verbally committed to the Aztecs last week.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Kirk was a committed conservative, but also an open man ever happy to debate.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Markets are fully committed to a Fed rate cut this month, with CME data showing investors have priced in a 0% chance of a hold as weak labor figures and softer inflation drive dovish bets.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Each of these attacks was committed with extremist, white-supremacist motivations.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
White, the son of All-American Cal running back Russell White, verbally committed to the Aztecs last week.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for committed
Verb
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If the government’s aim was to avoid any snafus, that modest mission was accomplished.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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The feat was accomplished through various TV rights, corporate sponsorship and a reliance on existing venues, paring infrastructure costs.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The move follows rising concerns over children’s exposure to inappropriate or harmful content from chatbots, lawsuits and congressional scrutiny, and comes as firms like OpenAI have pledged new parental controls.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The catch is The Wall Street Journal reported last Wednesday that OpenAI has pledged to pay Oracle $300 billion over roughly five years.—
Dan Runkevicius,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But how often have you been handed a bill at a restaurant that includes a 20% mandatory tip?—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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TikTok has been handed another lifeline.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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His father, a former military officer, was imprisoned following the Iranian revolution until his mother was able to negotiate his release with prison guards, according to reporting by the New York Times.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By staying physically active, mentally engaged, socially connected and attentive to overall health, many people can protect recall well into their later years.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Modern studies confirm that leaders who score higher in emotional intelligence create more engaged and collaborative teams.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His request wasn't fulfilled at the time, but is is now in his second term.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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While this first offering leverages Supermicro hardware fulfilled through Arrow Electronics, MinIO plans to expand the AIStor pod portfolio with additional hardware vendor partnerships in the future, giving enterprises more choice while maintaining the simplified deployment model.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Beijing has repeatedly vowed to bring the island democracy under its control—by force if necessary.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the friendship fell apart earlier this year when Farage refused to echo Musk’s support for Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), who was previously jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Lula was imprisoned in 2018, but he was released in November 2019 after the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can’t be jailed before exhausting appeal options.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Committed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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