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Burnham could devote all of this money to councils or housing associations to try to increase the amount of new council and social housing being built.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Meta plans to devote up to $145 billion toward capital expenditures this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

When the time came to decide which sport to devote his abundant talent to, tennis won through – but the decision was not without a personal cost.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

The wonderful thing about the uncluttered time that micro-retreats offer is that you can devote it to whatever you crave most.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

He sometimes had longings to leave veterinary medicine and devote himself full-time to clocks.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

In “Atlas,” Natkiel skips that sequel, and devotes only two small maps to the whole first affair, due to its perceived insignificance and limited gains.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Never doubt what can happen when a teenager finds something they love and devotes time and energy to achieving their dreams.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Mr. Sidebottom divides the gladiator’s day into 12 segments—from vesper to vesper—and devotes a chapter of his book to each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Citrini also devotes space to the “literal picks and shovels”— companies that will benefit from the capex wave that’s coming as in-demand mining companies will need to replace equipment and invest in exploration.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 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

"Lindsey understood that the security of Israel and America are inseparable. He devoted his life to defending America, strengthening our alliance and standing up for the free world," Netanyahu said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Because the booster does not need to reserve propellant for landing, more of its fuel can be devoted to reaching orbit.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey described Widdecombe as "a woman of deep faith who devoted her life to public service. The idea that she could have been murdered is truly horrifying".

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“He was a terrific manager devoted to the readers of the paper, specifically in how the paper presented the news on Page 1,” former Times National Editor Roger Smith said Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The Natufians were hunter-gatherers who subsisted on dozens of wild species, but they lived in permanent villages and devoted much of their time to the intensive gathering and processing of wild cereals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Lindsey Rae Thompson, who’s been looking for a job for several months, has been devoting at least an hour to each cover letter she crafts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

“The First All-Star Game” loses steam by devoting too many pages to episodes only tangentially connected to the event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Tackling the criminal networks behind people smuggling remains a top priority and the NCA is devoting more resources to it than ever, says the agency's deputy director Dan Cannatella-Barcroft.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Nothing will ever undo the original sin, and devoting your life to ruining someone else’s is a loss for both of you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

Fortunately, going to the movies seems to suddenly qualify as an intellectual accomplishment, on a par with reading a book or devoting time to serious thought.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris