obligate

Just because someone contacted me didn’t obligate me to reply instantly.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

"Bifidobacterium is an obligate anaerobe, so it doesn't grow in the presence of oxygen," Mimee said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Remember, having power of attorney for your mother-in-law does not obligate you to act as executor.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

“We are currently planning to obligate all appropriated balances, consistent with law.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Some writers on etiquette speak of "correct introductions" that carry "obligations of future acquaintance," and "incorrect introductions," that seemingly obligate one to nothing.

From Etiquette by Emily Post

The “covered call” strategy lowers the stock purchase price by the received call premium and obligates investors to sell stock higher.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Fair Housing Amendments Act obligates the landlord to offer “reasonable accommodations” to tenants with disabilities, emotional and otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

These courts stuck with the rulebook, which obligates them to follow precedent until it’s formally overturned.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025

And while she said her oath ethically obligates her to defend these children, she doesn’t know how the office will survive in its current form if payments don’t come in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

The advancer obligates himself to furnish only necessities and any incidentals must be supplied from sale of poultry, berries and the like.

From The Negro Farmer by Carl Kelsey

“J.D., habibi, there is this delicious irony in the fact that you’re constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January,” he said.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Addressing the vice president, El-Sayed said in his victory speech "you're constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Am I obligated to give the $40,000 back, even though my father called it a gift?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

And don’t feel obligated to make three if two — or one — make more sense for your budget, available burners or energy.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

I couldn’t tell Audrey the truth, partly because I knew she’d feel obligated to tell my mom, but mostly because she didn’t deserve that kind of burden.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

"Gomez purported ‌to ⁠sign a contract obligating her to perform and then ignored it," the lawsuit claims.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

A “phase one” trade deal signed in early 2020 addressed neither of those points, instead obligating China to buy more soybeans from American farmers—something Beijing largely failed to fulfill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

If you recall the myth, you may be able to guess that he’s another loved one Dream condemns to suffering, obligating the supreme being to apologize yet again.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025

“Accordingly, the Department will not be issuing Grant Award Notifications obligating funds for these programs on July 1 prior to completing that review.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

We do not know Him as Father, until we possess the obligating sense of our kinship with all mankind, and say, "Our Father."

From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Henry Sloane Coffin