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devote

[dih-voht] / dɪˈvoʊt /


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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

As the ultra-Orthodox community becomes bigger, so has the debate around the expense of supporting them with stipends so they can devote themselves to full-time religious study.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Wenzel also said the company will continue to devote some financial resources to digital growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Conversely, Europe, in its rush toward political and economic unity today, will have to devote much thought to how to avoid dismantling the underlying reason behind its successes of the last five centuries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

But he devotes considerable attention to how Native Americans manipulated and frequently triumphed over colonists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

He devotes a large part of his time to reading about color.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

But he started getting attention on YouTube, quit his part-time job as a game developer at Unity Technologies and devoted himself full-time to Paralives.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

“He was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters, and cherished friend to so many. His loss is immeasurable.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

That might sound like an activity for only the most devoted card enthusiasts.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Comisso has devoted his career to understanding plasma behavior.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

He’d been devoted to his diary, documenting everything that he had witnessed since he left New York, including details of the Japanese invasion.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Amanpour did not offer a reason for her departure, devoting most of her memo to thanking the production crews who worked with her over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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

Kavukcuoglu has been leading day-to-day decisions on Gemini development since at least last year, with Hassabis devoting much of his time to external engagements, according to the DeepMind employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

She had an extra hour daily which she was devoting to the novel she was writing to prove to Miss Garnder, the new English teacher, that she did know about beauty.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith


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