mortgages

verb

present tense third-person singular of mortgage
as in commits
to obligate by prior agreement I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party

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Recent Examples of mortgages So my guess/belief/thought is that the executive trio is hoping for the best this year, but is unwilling to do anything that mortgages future seasons. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 9 July 2026 Those are the players in recent memory who’ve commanded the kind of draft capital that reshapes franchises — the sort of seismic move that mortgages a future and, in return, attaches expectations normally reserved for franchise-carrying superstars. — Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortgages
  1. commits
  2. pledges
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  • The defense agreement commits the sides to regard an armed attack against one as an attack on all three.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The schedule needs to accommodate the border procedures and the onward transport before the agency commits to it.
    — Anthony Mastro, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of commits
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  • Anthropic pledges 5 percent of its shares to its new public benefit fund as, altogether, new charitable pledges by AI companies will amount to the largest wealth giveaway in modern history.
    — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Anthropic pledges 5% of its shares to new public benefit fund.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of pledges

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“Mortgages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortgages. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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