mortgaging

present participle of mortgage
as in committing
to obligate by prior agreement I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party

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Recent Examples of mortgaging However, the Clippers are valuing youth, depth and future draft assets after mortgaging so much of that for the Leonard-George pairing. Zach Harper, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Stop mortgaging our future for vanity projects. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026 Oklahoma Education Association President Cari Elledge equated the plan to mortgaging a teacher’s future for a salary increase today. Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 6 Mar. 2026 The Rams also draft well in the deeper rounds, which ought to give them some confidence that trading a single first-round pick isn’t the same as completely mortgaging the future. Sam McDowell 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026 Baker has capitalized on other retail real estate in Canada and Europe, including huge Hudson’s Bay flagships in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, and mortgaging the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship as an important financing asset. David Moin, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026 Second and third mortgaging the house. David K. Li, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
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  • Jones is accused of committing nine offenses against the man, including kissing him multiple times without consent and touching the man’s genitals while the man was driving.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Dalke earned significant media attention as a young golf prospect, committing to a scholarship at the University of Oklahoma at the age of 12.
    Leon Imber, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
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  • But it’s also tried to make inroads in the movie business in the last couple years, pledging to double its film production by 2027, aiming for 10-15 films annually, partly to have greater control over IP.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Infantino left New York City last week with letters pledging election support from about 200 of FIFA’s 211 national member federations who vote for their leader every four years.
    Graham Dunbar, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Mortgaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortgaging. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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