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as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion
accused of committing a felony
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as in to leave
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
commit only some power to each official
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as in to jail
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 commit
The company is committing $1 billion for the Norwegian project, with the goal of racking up 100,000 Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) at the site before 2027.
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Ryan Browne, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Advocates say that immigrants who haven't committed crimes should not wait in jail for days or months while a judge decides whether they can be forced to leave the country.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
In July, two of the country's most respected rights groups, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights–Israel, concluded that their government is committing genocide.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Five years ago, as demonstrators streamed into public squares to protest the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, many institutions — from public school districts to the State Board of Education — promoted and committed to equity in schools.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Browne, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Advocates say that immigrants who haven't committed crimes should not wait in jail for days or months while a judge decides whether they can be forced to leave the country.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
In July, two of the country's most respected rights groups, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights–Israel, concluded that their government is committing genocide.
—Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Five years ago, as demonstrators streamed into public squares to protest the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, many institutions — from public school districts to the State Board of Education — promoted and committed to equity in schools.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commit
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Fans have become frustrated watching the Philadelphia Eagles execute the play time and time again.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The area has seen heavy rains at least 20 times since the VRA was executed last year, according to an ABC News analysis of National Weather Service data.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) pledged to enforce existing laws.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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President Vladimir Putin had pledged not to raise taxes before 2030, but spiraling military and security expenditure — and reduced income from oil thanks to sanctions and Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries — have hit Moscow’s exchequer.—
Claire Cameron,
semafor.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Nobody wants to be seen by voters as the cause of a shutdown that will leave many federal workers without pay and some services closed.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The photographs show how the wearable had swelled leaving no gap between his finger and the ring.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors sent the Bukele government an extradition request for Melgar, who was jailed in El Salvador at the time, according to Salvadoran court records.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Dubov was part of Convers Sports Initiatives, alongside Vladimir Antonov, a Russian businessman later jailed for his role in a multi-million-dollar bank fraud.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The reggaeton star’s ability to perform entirely in Spanish while topping charts globally has rewritten the rules of what mainstream success looks like.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
29 Sep. 2025
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Just players performing the task at hand and being aware of certain situations.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Fox has also, after vowing to stay out of the subscription streaming wars, dipped a toe in with the launch of Fox One.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Democratic lawmakers from the DMV region pushed back, vowing to defend access to healthcare for millions.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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But around five years ago, life handed him a raw deal.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Thirty years after handing Florida State’s dynasty its first ACC defeat, was Virginia going to incite another Scott Stadium party?—
David Teel,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Bukele’s administration asked for the return to El Salvador of some of the MS-13 gang leaders who had been arrested in Mexico and imprisoned in the United States.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Reports suggest that in some cases, the prisoners are still alive when their organs are removed, and some of them may be imprisoned merely as a pretense to securing their organs.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Commit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commit. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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