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as in executes
to carry through (as a process) to completion
accused of committing a felony
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as in leaves
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
commit only some power to each official
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as in imprisons
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 commits
But now, the owners of capital want to bring the unifying corporate narrative in-house and entrust it to an insider who can create a mythology that converts brand promise into a hero’s journey, an epic tale that stars every consumer who commits him or herself to the brand’s belief system.
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Bruce Stockler, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
Premier defense is a strong suit with seven returning starters and eight college commits, backing a talented pitching trio in junior Grace Simmons, and eighth-graders Ella Parece and Molly Buffington.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Rancho Bernardo has five college commits — Owen Glick and Caden Docken (UCSD), Hugo Gonzalez (Hawaii Pacific), Lucas Batrez (Northwestern) and Camden Rogers (Ottowa University in Arizona).
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Pedretti, meanwhile, commits fully to her bimbo persona, oscillating between titillating absurdism and unexpected discomfort.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
Meta is the first official customer for Arm’s new chip as the company commits to huge data center build-outs and plans $135 billion in capital expenditure related to AI this year.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Paul Anthony Kelly puts in a good effort, and Sarah Pidgeon — by now probably sick and tired of crying her eyes out — commits to soap-opera levels of big emotion.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
This addition comes as the Roos have secured four high school commits on the recruiting trail, the first steps to filling out their roster.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
Berry admirably commits to the tricky nature of playing such an emotionally wounded character, particularly in the closing moments when Leticia realizes the truth and makes a deliberate choice on where to go from there.
—Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Bruce Stockler, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
Premier defense is a strong suit with seven returning starters and eight college commits, backing a talented pitching trio in junior Grace Simmons, and eighth-graders Ella Parece and Molly Buffington.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Rancho Bernardo has five college commits — Owen Glick and Caden Docken (UCSD), Hugo Gonzalez (Hawaii Pacific), Lucas Batrez (Northwestern) and Camden Rogers (Ottowa University in Arizona).
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Pedretti, meanwhile, commits fully to her bimbo persona, oscillating between titillating absurdism and unexpected discomfort.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
Meta is the first official customer for Arm’s new chip as the company commits to huge data center build-outs and plans $135 billion in capital expenditure related to AI this year.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Paul Anthony Kelly puts in a good effort, and Sarah Pidgeon — by now probably sick and tired of crying her eyes out — commits to soap-opera levels of big emotion.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
This addition comes as the Roos have secured four high school commits on the recruiting trail, the first steps to filling out their roster.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
Berry admirably commits to the tricky nature of playing such an emotionally wounded character, particularly in the closing moments when Leticia realizes the truth and makes a deliberate choice on where to go from there.
—Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commits
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Iran executes 3 men detained during January protests Iran announced the execution of three men detained in January’s nationwide protests, the first such sentences known to have been carried out, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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William is well rounded and executes all styles with quiet confidence.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Going 3 for 20 with runners in scoring position is not going to cut it, especially on the road, where Schaeffer pledges that the Rockies are going to be a running team.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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Doesn’t Lee know our guy only pledges allegiance to his wife?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Her early death, after an illness that the father initially contrives to ignore then notices just in time to capture her desperation in a fine sketch, leaves Mimí utterly disoriented, yearning only to achieve a level of self-control and detachment that will spare him their tumultuous struggle.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Her departure to the transfer portal leaves a significant gap in Missouri’s scoring and playmaking.—
Aaron Segal,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Belarus now imprisons 28 journalists as President Lukashenko intensifies a crackdown on press freedom.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Afwerki routinely imprisons his critics and political opponents and has implemented a policy of indefinite mandatory military and national service for residents, which human-rights watchdogs say amounts to slavery.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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Rather than raising taxes on upper-income families to address Social Security’s fiscal challenges, policymakers should first reduce federal spending benefits that disproportionately accrue to high-income retirees, which accomplishes redistributive goals without harming economic growth.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The play that Stephen Adly Guirgis has written accomplishes that.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
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Cambodia passed unprecedented legislation Monday imposing life imprisonment for scam kingpins as the nation vows to eliminate cyber fraud operations by month’s end.—
Sopheng Cheang,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Salieri vows to bring him down.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
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The manager who hands her team an exit map and watches most of them stay anyway has done something the board retreat, the culture consultant, and the engagement platform cannot.—
Charles Edward Gehrke,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Turan hands me off to his roommate, Rory Carmichael, a genial 39-year-old engineer.—
Joe Hagan,
Vanity Fair,
18 Mar. 2026
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Deocampo also is the co-founder of ARKADE, a 25-member K-pop dance team that performs throughout Southern California.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Later Saturday, Wiseman and Glover planned to take a turn at manually piloting the Orion capsule to help engineers better understand how the spacecraft performs in flight and to provide hands-on feedback for future Artemis astronauts.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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