promise
Example Sentences
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The rapidly developing technology promises benefits such as drug discovery, but could also lead to job losses, and facilitate surveillance and online abuse among other threats.
From Barron's
“This story promises to have the happiest ending you will ever hear,” blares a propaganda loudspeaker, one of the novel’s narrators.
That promise wouldn’t change much—Iran is believed to have stopped enriching uranium after U.S. strikes crippled its main nuclear facilities in June—and falls short of U.S. demands that it halt enrichment altogether.
Sir Sadiq promised that he and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley would reduce the number of phone thefts, in the same way the Met had reduced homicide rates.
From BBC
Jackson promised to take leave to "revive my spirit and reconnect with my family", but the speed with which he returned to public life damaged his credibility with some clergy across America.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
