as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking
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Accessibility The hotel has dedicated accessible rooms designed for guests with mobility needs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026 -
Analysts told Reuters that dedicated military ships and landing craft can carry only about 20,000 troops and their equipment in the first wave.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Illinois devotes significant resources to recruiting overseas to bring in their large international contingent — including Croatian twin centers Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivišić and freshman forward David Mirković.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Aleksei stopped working and devoted his full attention to his sons and their hockey development, leaving Olga to support the family.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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As if that isn’t impressive enough, the previous franchise record of eight strikeouts was set by Ben Sheets the day before Misiorowski was born, on April 3, 2002.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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The only residency requirement set by the Constitution is to live in the state a candidate hopes to represent at the time of the election.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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As gas prices continue to climb across the Bay Area, lawmakers are considering a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax, an idea that could save drivers about 18 cents per gallon.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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King had saved this view, and their first decent cup of coffee, for the end of the course.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Give up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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