promise
Example Sentences
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Shell has long maintained that he never made such a promise.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
But it summed up, without even trying, what a spectacularly new thing in history America was, because the meaning of the movie was the American promise: Anyone can come from anywhere and become anything.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
While SpaceX's debut has generated great buzz, there are also questions about whether Musk's promise of putting data centers in space and sending rockets to Mars will actually materialize and deliver profit.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
In the case of SpaceX, the big promise relates to artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
I thought of all the things Opal could foolishly promise me.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing promise
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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Michelle Obama's final address as First Lady (2017)
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