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 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 The buyer commits the capital, but an operator may manage and commercially deploy the aircraft. — Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 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 — Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Those commitments can be withdrawn if Saab is untruthful with investigators or probation officials, commits another crime or otherwise violates the agreement. — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commits
Verb
  • TensorFlow Lite, a Google software tool, executes movements, including walking and recovery, using data from the phone’s internal sensors a few times per second.
    — muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Teams built one system that both decides what to do and executes it.
    — Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Ternus pledges that child safety will be central to Apple’s approach going forward.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • August 2022 Jane Doe enters Cornell University as a freshman and pledges the Alpha Beta chapter of the Delta Delta Delta (Tri Delta) sorority.
    — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But the federal plan leaves the door open to steeper reductions that Arizona officials warned could be catastrophic and sued over last week.
    — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Before any cymbal leaves the factory, a shokunin strikes it and listens, comparing its sound against a pristine reference by ear.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The King imprisons the miller’s daughter in a room and orders her to prove her magical ability under pain of death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • By avoiding a price cut, this option maintains the value of your property and nearby residences but still accomplishes your goal of bringing would-be buyers to your place.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After all, the brain evidently accomplishes this task far more efficiently than transformers do.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … ‘LETHAL ALLIANCE’ — Top US general vows to destroy 'anything and everything' backing a Russia strike.
    — , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Le Pen vows fiscal turnaround Further political instability is also expected to develop when France holds its presidential election in the spring.
    — Chloe Taylor,Jenni Reid, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • So the company hires a strong operator, hands them a title and waits to see what happens.
    — Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • If a retreat hands you a personalized microbiome report, treat it as an interesting snapshot, not a diagnosis and not a prescription.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 6 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 19 Oct. 2026.

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