as in promise
a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something
I need your oath that you won't do anything until I've had time to make a decision
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Recent Examples of oath
But, if duty to their oaths does not move them, the raw chaos of the last five days should certainly substitute as motivation.
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The Editors, National Review, 8 Apr. 2025
After authorities responded with mass arrests, weavers formed clandestine committees and took secret oaths.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Can all the nations of earth undertake a kumbaya oath and as one devise and shape where AI is going?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Many justified their compliance by insisting the oath had no bearing on their teaching or research.
—Iveta Silova, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 8 Apr. 2025
After authorities responded with mass arrests, weavers formed clandestine committees and took secret oaths.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Can all the nations of earth undertake a kumbaya oath and as one devise and shape where AI is going?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Many justified their compliance by insisting the oath had no bearing on their teaching or research.
—Iveta Silova, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for oath
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oath
Noun
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For Yi Ming, an inheritor of artistic traditions from different continents, that connection is the promise of contemporary art.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Despite his promise to redirect his attention to Tesla, a group of eight state treasurers questioned Musk’s leadership of the electric vehicle manufacturer.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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But Francis, who had taken a vow of poverty as a Jesuit priest, typically shunned the trappings of papal luxury.—
Aryn Baker,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
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Jesuits famously take a vow of poverty, which is not a literal commitment to material poverty but rather a goal to live a life that mirrors the poverty of Jesus.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Reports of Trump utilizing reciprocal tariffs to coax trading partners into distancing themselves from China's economy, and Beijing's pledge to respond in kind, demonstrate that other nations will inevitably be drawn into the back-and-forth between the world's two largest economies.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Court records reviewed by law enforcement reveal that pledges were made to wear gray sweatsuits as part of the process.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Oath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oath. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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