obligation
Example Sentences
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“Honestly, I don’t really remember my tournament here last year that well,” says Tien as he shuttled between pre-tournament media obligations this week.
From Los Angeles Times
On Wednesday, QatarEnergy said it couldn’t meet contractual obligations after drone strikes hit its major facilities.
If you don’t need RMDs to live on, you can avoid them by gifting to charity directly from your IRA through a qualified charitable gift, or QCD, which counts toward your RMD obligation.
From Barron's
In a statement, the school said it treated reports of inappropriate behavior on the water polo team “with urgency and seriousness,” that it complied with mandatory reporting obligations and cooperated with law enforcement.
From Los Angeles Times
Though the ship's location "was beyond our waters", Sampath said, "it was within our search and rescue region. So we were obliged to respond as per international obligations".
From BBC
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