giving up (to)

verb

present participle of give up (to)
as in dedicating
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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  1. dedicating
  2. devoting
  3. saving
Verb
  • The same research found that 65% of finance leaders are dedicating 10% or more of their 2026 budgets to AI and automation, and that 79% report measurable returns from it.
    — David Zwick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • After six years of dedicating ourselves to sleep—testing, reviewing, and cataloging our favorite picks for the annual Sleep Week—our shopping editors know a thing or two about curating a bedroom vibe.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026
Definition of dedicating
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  • Netflix’s take differentiates itself by devoting its entire first season to the earlier period.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • Every board meeting is devoting a significant amount of time to the succession question, the source said.
    — Anirban Sen, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of devoting
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  • But after seven months of testing the technology, many of Lafayette’s officers found the tool was wasting time, not saving it, emails obtained by Forbes show.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Few contemporary filmmakers have been as vocal about saving the movies as Christopher Nolan.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
Definition of saving
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