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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Pam Bisceglia has dedicated her life to improving the lives of people with disabilities as Executive Director of Advocacy Denver and parent of a daughter with autism.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026 -
As the chocolate company grew, Hershey dedicated himself to building a company town on land around his factory where his employees could live, work and play.—
David P. Willis,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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But, whatever her feelings for him as a parent, Elisa clearly devoted herself to excavating this episode in Bob’s life.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Kepler devoted much of his career to figuring out optics, and was arguably the first scientific thinker to articulate the difference between seeing and perceiving.—
Rebecca Boyle,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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During the mission, the Artemis II crew set a record for farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth, surpassing the record of 248,655 miles previously set by the Apollo 13 flight crew in 1970, according to NASA.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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Property owners are given about three months’ notice and paid compensation at rates set by the municipality.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Rental car bookings through the platform may also offer another way to save.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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In the film, middle school teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) is recruited to help save Earth because of his history as a cell biologist with some iconoclastic ideas about life in the universe.—
Tara Haelle,
NPR,
12 Apr. 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 19 Apr. 2026.
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