1
as in executing
to carry through (as a process) to completion
accused of committing a felony
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2
as in pledging
to obligate by prior agreement
we were committed to finishing the project
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3
as in handing
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
commit only some power to each official
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as in imprisoning
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 committing
Kane went from penalty scorer to committing a foul that led to a Mexico penalty, kicking the leg of Brian Gutiérrez while trying to clear the ball.
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Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Drop Shots 😱 A player in the girls’ singles was disqualified from her match after committing a cardinal Wimbledon sin.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
While committing the robberies Fleming drew a gun, and wore all black covering his face with a ski mask and goggles, and his hands with gloves, authorities said.
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Mary Ella Hastings
july 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 July 2026
Modi last year met Microsoft chair and CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan, with all of them committing to help develop India’s AI ecosystem.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 July 2026
Quakers were countercultural from the start, seeing women as having spiritual authority equal to men, challenging gender norms of the time, refusing to bear arms and committing to non-violence.
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Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
The first operation will see SETT committing $10 million to Moonlighting Studios Spain, the local arm of South African production-services heavyweight Moonlighting Films.
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Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
3 July 2026
In photos, People captured the two walking around together, holding hands, and generally committing a lot of PDA.
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Alicia Brunker,
InStyle,
3 July 2026
That allows engineers to optimize both on-chip and off-chip components before committing to fabrication.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Drop Shots 😱 A player in the girls’ singles was disqualified from her match after committing a cardinal Wimbledon sin.
—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
5 July 2026
While committing the robberies Fleming drew a gun, and wore all black covering his face with a ski mask and goggles, and his hands with gloves, authorities said.
—
Mary Ella Hastings
july 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 July 2026
Modi last year met Microsoft chair and CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan, with all of them committing to help develop India’s AI ecosystem.
—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 July 2026
Quakers were countercultural from the start, seeing women as having spiritual authority equal to men, challenging gender norms of the time, refusing to bear arms and committing to non-violence.
—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
The first operation will see SETT committing $10 million to Moonlighting Studios Spain, the local arm of South African production-services heavyweight Moonlighting Films.
—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
3 July 2026
In photos, People captured the two walking around together, holding hands, and generally committing a lot of PDA.
—
Alicia Brunker,
InStyle,
3 July 2026
That allows engineers to optimize both on-chip and off-chip components before committing to fabrication.
—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for committing
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Together, those technologies allow the robot to learn human movements through thousands of simulated training sessions before executing them in dynamic real-world environments.
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And Hamas has instead reasserted its power in parts of Gaza not occupied by Israel, recently executing a Palestinian accused of collaborating with Israel.
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China ratified the protocols in 1987, pledging not to test nuclear weapons within the zone or threaten to use them against signatories with territory in the region.
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Candidate Ryan Meyer has also been a vocal opponent of the tax policies, pledging to reverse them quickly if elected.
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Golden State finished with a season-high 15 steals after handing Atlanta back-to-back losses to start the Dream's 0-4 road trip.
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Voice assistants already complete purchases and arrange food deliveries, without handing control back to the user.
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The turn of events prompt the narrator to re-examine his life as a gay Latine son of immigrants whose hometown is now imprisoning people like him.
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Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool.
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Make Donors The Story’s Heroes Years ago, a development professional taught me to center donor communications around what the donor is accomplishing.
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The primary question is whether this crowded field of new entrants is actually accomplishing anything, or whether its members are simply tripping over one another with deleterious impact.
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As Mexico’s team prepares to take on England on Sunday night, a match that many predict will be the toughest yet for El Tri, authorities nationwide are vowing to strengthen safety protocols.
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Several Gulf countries have strongly denounced Iran's drone strikes Saturday on the island nation of Bahrain, while vowing to stand united against any possible aggression from Tehran in the future.
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Johnston, Cobbins leaving Johnston’s departure comes just three years after becoming the long-term replacement for former County Administrator Doug Bach, who left the government under an $800,000 separation agreement.
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Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.
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Also contentious was last year’s jailing of former Trade Minister Thomas Lembong over sugar import permits a decade ago despite no evidence of personal financial gain.
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Officials have said that the hope is to provide safer jailing of people in custody, in smaller population numbers, closer to their communities.
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