devote to
phrasal verb
devoted to; devoting to; devotes to
: to decide that (something) will be used for (a special purpose) : to use (time, money, energy, attention, etc.) for (something)
They devote an hour every day to worship.
Some of the money they raise will be devoted to repairing the church's roof.
The magazine will devote an entire issue to this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Panday plays a convincingly gruff tortured artist alongside Padda’s struggling ingenue, and most of the screen time is devoted to their pairing instead of introducing tertiary excess.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Derek has opened up the New Museum of Glue, a museum devoted to, um, glue.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Both are devoted to the same hetero fairy tale; whether the wedding is happening in the temple or on national television is irrelevant.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit against Judas Priest for allegedly inspiring the death by suicide of two men, NME’s Kurt Struebing’s killing of his mother and Dimebag Darrell’s 2004 murder will each have episodes devoted to them.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Derek has opened up the New Museum of Glue, a museum devoted to, um, glue.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Both are devoted to the same hetero fairy tale; whether the wedding is happening in the temple or on national television is irrelevant.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit against Judas Priest for allegedly inspiring the death by suicide of two men, NME’s Kurt Struebing’s killing of his mother and Dimebag Darrell’s 2004 murder will each have episodes devoted to them.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Devote to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devote%20to. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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