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[ded-i-kayt, ded-i-kit] / ˈdɛd ɪˌkeɪt, ˈdɛd ɪ kɪt /




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"I will dedicate 24 hours a day to making this country into the country everyone dreams of," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

According to the prospectus, each of Anthropic’s co-founders pledged to dedicate 80% of their personal Anthropic equity to philanthropy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

She chose to dedicate a part of the garden with a willow tree to Mabel.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

For example, if the government decided to impose a tax on stock sales and dedicate a portion of estate-tax revenues toward Social Security, a given person might not be affected by both those measures.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Consecrated means to dedicate somebody or something to a particular purpose.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

There has been "justice for survivors", the Daily Star reports as it dedicates its front page to a sketch of Brand in court.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

But, the office said, the Los Angeles Police Department dedicates additional units during peak periods of congestion in the Lake Hollywood area to conduct traffic and parking enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Sporting a baseball cap and brandishing his smartphone like a weapon, Mordechai David dedicates his time to filming people against their will.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Tedesco dedicates nearly every moment of his trips to maintaining or drumming up business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

“For which she will one day thank us when she dedicates her first book to the Marysville Free Public Library.”

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

Andy Burnham has signalled his support for dedicated options at the next census to allow people to define themselves as black English or Asian English.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

This, the largest and most comprehensive show to focus on his work, will be accompanied by exhibitions dedicated to Williams at the Getty Research Institute and USC Fisher Museum of Art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

That last project to add dedicated bike lanes along Vermont Avenue between 120th Street and Sunset Boulevard recently broke ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

On Thursday, Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, in the firm’s emailed newsletter called companies dedicated to steady dividend increases “a rare breed.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

It is to her that this book is dedicated.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The campaign is dedicating $4 million to spread the ad far and wide.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

To learn more about dedicating a bench to memorialize your pet, contact your city’s parks and recreation department or local shelter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

He was shooting season 3 of Wrecked, the TBS Lost spoof, when he started dedicating himself to writing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Software providers are dedicating more resources to this puzzle, and some are initiating new roles to meet the task at hand.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

I should be dedicating my life to solving the unsolvable problems of mathematics, like the Riemann hypothesis or the Hodge conjecture.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty


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