as in devoting
to keep or intend for a special purpose
a young attorney who has decided to dedicate her career to helping the poor receive justice
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Recent Examples of dedicating
This is especially important for a municipality such as Chicago, where the pension funds remain vastly underfunded despite dedicating immense resources — about 17% of the total budget and 76% of property tax revenue — to annual pension contributions.
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Mary Wagoner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Barker says she's made a personal goal of dedicating 40 races to her grandson, Ford.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
The grocery side of the stores will be getting even bigger with the chain planning on dedicating even more space to food and drink.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Fifteen years ago, schools such as Ohio State and Michigan were swimming in money, dedicating most of it to football and basketball with plenty left over for other programs.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
In addition to focusing on self-love, Alba has also been dedicating time to her relationship with Danny Ramirez, who she was first linked to romantically in May 2025 during a trip to London.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 21 May 2026
Schools implementing bell-to-bell ban policies to limit or eliminating multitasking during school hours and dedicating instructional time to media literacy.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Highland Park's decades-long DART membership Highland Park had also been part of DART since 1983, dedicating one cent of its local sales tax, the maximum allowed under state law for transit, to the agency.
—Sergio Candido, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Crown Point Junior Music Academy officially celebrated its recent remodel on April 16 by dedicating its new state-of-the-art auditorium as a performance space in memory of music teacher Steve Luchs.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Mary Wagoner, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Barker says she's made a personal goal of dedicating 40 races to her grandson, Ford.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
The grocery side of the stores will be getting even bigger with the chain planning on dedicating even more space to food and drink.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Fifteen years ago, schools such as Ohio State and Michigan were swimming in money, dedicating most of it to football and basketball with plenty left over for other programs.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
In addition to focusing on self-love, Alba has also been dedicating time to her relationship with Danny Ramirez, who she was first linked to romantically in May 2025 during a trip to London.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 21 May 2026
Schools implementing bell-to-bell ban policies to limit or eliminating multitasking during school hours and dedicating instructional time to media literacy.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Highland Park's decades-long DART membership Highland Park had also been part of DART since 1983, dedicating one cent of its local sales tax, the maximum allowed under state law for transit, to the agency.
—Sergio Candido, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Crown Point Junior Music Academy officially celebrated its recent remodel on April 16 by dedicating its new state-of-the-art auditorium as a performance space in memory of music teacher Steve Luchs.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dedicating
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In his junior year, Jeffries, who majored in political science, began devoting the bulk of his extracurricular energies to the university’s Black Student Union.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Annie’s mother moved the agency out in 2013 and Annie took the front room as her own bedroom and living room, devoting the rest of the apartment to the growing dog-training business.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
15 May 2026
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Through rapid technological changes and the growing use of AI, employees are saving a lot of time on repetitive tasks, brainstorming, team collaboration and many other activities that AI can now support.—
Gwen Mdinaradze,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Jack Lloyd, the prolific East Bay engineer, entrepreneur and inventor, whose innovations include making the pulse oximeter, a life-saving medical device indispensable in hospitals worldwide, has died at age 90, his family announced this week.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dedicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dedicating. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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