obligating

present participle of obligate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of obligating This document, signed by a sponsor, is a legally enforceable contract obligating the sponsor to support the immigrant and prevent them from relying on public aid. Daniel Shoer Roth, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 The following year, legislation was passed formally designating these problems as matters of national concern and obligating local governments to implement countermeasures. Gil Press, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obligating
Verb
  • The Raptors ran relentlessly, even as Atlanta turned the ball over just 16 times, a far cry from what the Raptors were forcing in the preseason.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • However, West Virginia’s defense has a knack for forcing turnovers.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In one recent case, a 22-year-old man used Discord to prey on victims as young as 12 years old, coercing them into creating explicit content.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Employers would be prohibited from pressuring or coercing anyone into signing such a waiver.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even prior to Preservé’s arrival, the Motiva implants had begun fueling a shift in the way some surgeons perform breast augmentation, compelling them to more frequently place implants on top of the chest muscle instead of underneath it, as has been customary for decades.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 15 Oct. 2025
  • And yet, today, a few pieces of evidence are compelling us to reconsider this scenario.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vance and his family reportedly stayed in a lavish Georgian manor owned by a light-bulb magnate, obliging me to ask whose bright idea that was.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Obligating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obligating. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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