as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking
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Oracle will dedicate its forthcoming data center in Abilene, Texas — which is initially expected to draw 1.2 gigawatts, or enough electricity to power Austin, according to The Information — to Stargate.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
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Since then, Project Pat has dedicated his time to spreading the word of God in prisons and founded the non-profit Go Foundation, which focuses on prison ministry.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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That same year, the museum devoted $820,000 to an institutional rebrand.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
24 Jan. 2025
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There have been plenty of DNPs for Dillingham so far this season, some because coach Chris Finch is devoting more time to veterans to get the team going and some because Dillingham has had to deal with two ankle sprains already this season.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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The limits on GPUs for most countries in the new rule are set by compute power, to account for differences in individual chips.—
Karen Freifeld,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Interchange fees: These are set by card networks like Visa or Mastercard and paid to the card-issuing bank.—
Robert Day,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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That’s the kind of obscure situation Red Note has saved people out of.—
Yaling Jiang,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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But there’s a catch: Their lending capacity is limited by what members can save.—
Danice Brown Guzmán,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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