commits

present tense third-person singular of commit
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as in pledges
to obligate by prior agreement we were committed to finishing the project

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Recent Examples of commits Forecast commits, pricing exceptions, accepting security risk, supplier changes and headcount allocation. — Greg Genung, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The defense agreement commits the sides to regard an armed attack against one as an attack on all three. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 Sai de Silva’s knee commits seppuku during Tipsy Tennis (patent pending). — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 The casting was essential because the film only works if everyone commits completely to this ridiculous situation. — Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Because Google Japan never half-commits to a concept, the contraption actually works. — New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026 While Seattle's style of luxury usually requires deferring to a casual aesthetic, the Lotte commits to the kind of high-end hotel that appeals to international business moguls. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 And, also last week, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and Nvidia signed a voluntary White House pact that commits them to partnering with independent external auditors. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 The settlement commits Paramount to a reliable stream of theatrical releases for the next five full calendar years — 30 per year in the next two years, rising to 32 per year after that. — Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commits
Verb
  • This suspect returns back to his car, retrieves his handgun, walks back over to the victim, who’s trying to crawl away with her life, and executes her.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The aircraft executes anti-surface warfare (ASuW) through elegant communications and data link systems.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Without a mathematical component, education for citizenship leaves students only partially prepared for democratic participation.
    — Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The Gators’ understandably rigourous standards for inclusion leaves Meyer as the last man who is qualified.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some progressives saw the former prosecutor as part of a criminal justice establishment that disproportionately imprisons Black men.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Artistically and emotionally, Fatherland accomplishes more in its 82-minute runtime than any two-hour-plus movie released this year.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Seattle accomplishes this by masterfully disguising defensive assignments before the snap, which can force Mahomes to diagnose where to go with the football only after dropping back.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In every case, the candidate under consideration vows to go to Washington, or to Lansing, and put the people ahead of politics.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • McKinney would prioritize public safety and vows to go after demonstrators who block freeways or engage in conduct similar to the 2024 pro-Palestine encampments on UCLA’s campus.
    — Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Rodrigo regularly hands a bouquet to a fan or a special guest in the crowd.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The universal glee of getting tacos (Silvia Razgova) Picture the moment when a taquero hands you a warm paper plate heaping with warm tortillas and meats on a street in Los Angeles.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Only 65 people rebooked into those counties’ jails two or more times through June 2026 were eventually released on bond.
    — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The facility is one of 11 Kentucky jails that contract with ICE to detain people.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Feb. 2026

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“Commits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commits. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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