as in to promise
to make a solemn declaration of intent
she vowed to love him forever
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as in promise
a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something
we need your vow that you won't damage anything while we're gone
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Recent Examples of vow
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Trump himself had made a celebrated appearance at Bitcoin 2024, vowing an end to the Biden administration’s fraud cases against crypto firms and entrepreneurs.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
Ian Swanson, The Hill, 27 May 2025
One of the secrets to Birbiglia’s ability to resist the siren song of stardom may be his wife Jen Stein, who, under the name J. Hope Stein, is a poet, an occupation whose practitioners have taken a vow of non-celeb-acy for decades.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 23 May 2025
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Verb
Trump has vowed to remove millions of immigrants without legal status as part of a hard-line mass deportation policy.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Trump himself had made a celebrated appearance at Bitcoin 2024, vowing an end to the Biden administration’s fraud cases against crypto firms and entrepreneurs.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
Noun
The term was coined by Robert Armstrong, a writer for the Financial Times, and is intended to capture how markets have fallen on Trump’s vow to impose steep tariffs on imports to the United States and then jump back up when Trump announces pauses on those tariffs.
—Ian Swanson, The Hill, 27 May 2025
One of the secrets to Birbiglia’s ability to resist the siren song of stardom may be his wife Jen Stein, who, under the name J. Hope Stein, is a poet, an occupation whose practitioners have taken a vow of non-celeb-acy for decades.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vow
Verb
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The state promised more than $154 million in incentives over the next 10 years, and the Fortune 500 company has committed $175 million in private investment for the project to renovate 427,000 square feet of space across two Aspiria Campus buildings.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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Tesla has not confirmed that start date, but has been promising to launch a robotaxi ride-hailing service in Austin before the end of June.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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For investors, attention has focused on the impact of higher defense spending pledges from European governments, particularly Germany — recently unleashed from longstanding restraints on fiscal spending.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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The president continues to threaten tariffs, markets react — sometimes severely — and the president often walks back his pledge, giving markets a sigh of relief.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Trendsetters are misting it on their bodies after workouts, spritzing it on their faces as part of their daily cleansing routine, and swearing by it on social media.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
6 June 2025
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To create that lively, awake look, Sir John swears by Upneeq, a prescription eye drop used to lift droopy lids.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
3 June 2025
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“Vow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vow. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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