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Definition of committednext

committed

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verb

past tense of commit
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as in vowed
to obligate by prior agreement we were committed to finishing the project

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Recent Examples of committed
Adjective
Permira remained committed as a strategic minority shareholder. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 Her committed advocacy is well known; her brilliance in recognizing a constellation of facts and weaving them together to find solutions is another part of her legacy. — Susan Daria Landino, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
Christian Hayes, who is committed to Campbell, has thrown for 343 yards and rushed for a team-leading 407 with 11 touchdowns. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Nothing has changed here — throughout his career, MacFarlane has been relentlessly committed to including live music in his projects. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for committed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for committed
Adjective
  • All the properties—the new initiates and those who re-pledged, so to speak—were honored at an event at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris on June 2.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • What Columbia hadn’t accomplished was a statement victory in its own classification.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Upheavals so profound are not accomplished without loosing uneasy spirits that will haunt us for many days.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Panettiere’s ex-partner, former Olympic and world boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko, paid tribute to Panettiere and vowed to make sure their daughter Kaya would always remember her mother.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Beijing has rejected such accusations as groundless and vowed to retaliate if Washington moves to target Chinese AI companies.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Motorola invented the mobile phone, but by the time Brown was handed the reins, its cellphone business had been outpaced by Nokia and Samsung.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The award comes with a bounty of $34,466 (€30,000), which is handed to the lead producer of the winning film.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Marset was imprisoned from 2013 to 2018 in Uruguay, but maintains there was never any hard proof of his involvement in the drug trade.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As the court cases have been underway, Weinstein has been imprisoned at Rikers, but has been hospitalized a number of times and has said that his health has been poor.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Fleek said the results should be read as a picture of its engaged reseller audience, rather than a measure of the resale market as a whole.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • It was revealed in April that Harry and Zoë had gotten engaged.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Errors also resulted from deliveries that had multiple pickup or drop-off locations or were only partially fulfilled, according to the company.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Courant asked to interview Santiago and Braswell, but our request was not fulfilled in time for this article.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Fazio promised Tuesday to deliver major tax cuts if he is elected in November, saying the cuts are necessary to kick-start the economy and return money to hard-working families.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Progress as promised, thanks in part to getting back to game speed and in between being better able to identify particular fundamentals to focus on.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Committed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committed. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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