devote
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Perhaps EDW should devote some of its largesse to helicopter leasing going forward.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
However, the children have reportedly adapted to their new environment, allowing their parents to devote additional time to commitments outside the family home.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Johansson sees Hester as a woman who had put aside her youthful ambitions — “as I think many women do,” she adds — to devote herself to her family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
As the economy became increasingly unstable and demanded that moviegoers and television aficionados devote more time to their jobs, the average viewer naturally had less bandwidth for their cultural hobbies.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
There were only so many hours a man could devote to mending sails, caulking leaks, and fishing.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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He devotes much of the book to how he got his stories—not just the names of his sources, but how he persuaded them to be sources.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Anthropic's roughly 400-page filing devotes more than 90 pages to risks, including those facing an industry that has seen a string of reports in recent months of AI systems behaving in unexpected and harmful ways.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Veering away from politics, the Daily Star devotes its front page to a story that leads with "Jamie Carragher has apologised for 'clumsy language' after the owners threatened legal action".
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Strangely, Patterson, an Emmy-nominated TV writer, devotes more attention to the plot than to the play’s psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Evans’s is a talent so exceptional that Oliver Sacks, in An Anthropologist on Mars, devotes a passage to him in a chapter on autistic savants–quickly adding that "there is no suggestion that he is autistic."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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She said the mother-of-three was "devoted" to her family and a "very proud grandmother of seven".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Most Senate floor time will be devoted to this.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
She testified on his behalf, describing him as a devoted father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Its October meeting will be devoted to strategy, with no vote on rates and no policy statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The first stories are devoted to the fairy clans.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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Mr. Johnson transformed the chain’s toy departments by devoting an entire aisle to Lego products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Additionally, some trade unions are devoting energy to local consultations to mitigate the impact on those colleagues in detriment – focussing on providing specific solutions."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
After devoting years to the problem, Schlamminger says he is ready to hand the challenge to others.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
"Celebrities are voting for the Greek summer!" public broadcaster ERT said on Friday, devoting a report to these stars from across the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Price was not the only one devoting much of his life to attempting to solve the riddle of the mechanism.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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