obligate

Just because someone contacted me didn’t obligate me to reply instantly.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Remember, having power of attorney for your mother-in-law does not obligate you to act as executor.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

“If additional funds are made available to State, we will work to obligate them consistent with legal requirements and Administration priorities.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

But an announcement alone doesn’t obligate a fund to follow through with repurchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

I offered to obligate myself to do it for twenty, and receive only the actual cost whatever it might be below; also to see that no additional trouble came from the melting of the tallow.

From The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences by Hosea Quinby

The put sale offsets the expense of the call spread, though it obligates investors to buy the S&P 500 ETF at a lower price.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon’s organization, HateAid, receives funding from the German government, which has certified it as a “trusted flagger,” which obligates platforms to give priority to its reports of forbidden speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

These courts stuck with the rulebook, which obligates them to follow precedent until it’s formally overturned.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025

And while she said her oath ethically obligates her to defend these children, she doesn’t know how the office will survive in its current form if payments don’t come in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

It matters but little how a conjugal union is effected so long as sanctioned by law or custom and it obligates the parties, by common opinion, to observe the duties pertaining to married life.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

"If I accompanied you to a doctor's appointment for free, you might feel obligated to buy me a meal or a movie ticket afterwards."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some insiders are obligated to hold their shares for a minimum term before they have the option of selling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Is DHS legally obligated to disclose where they are detaining someone?

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, is contractually obligated to broadcast the games but will do so in bare-bones fashion, with no commentary, punditry or advertising.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Supreme Court precedent, that Hooks had charges against him dismissed in exchange for cooperation with authorities was information that the State was obligated to reveal to the defense.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"Gomez purported ‌to ⁠sign a contract obligating her to perform and then ignored it," the lawsuit claims.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

A “phase one” trade deal signed in early 2020 addressed neither of those points, instead obligating China to buy more soybeans from American farmers—something Beijing largely failed to fulfill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

If you recall the myth, you may be able to guess that he’s another loved one Dream condemns to suffering, obligating the supreme being to apologize yet again.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025

“Accordingly, the Department will not be issuing Grant Award Notifications obligating funds for these programs on July 1 prior to completing that review.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

We do not know Him as Father, until we possess the obligating sense of our kinship with all mankind, and say, "Our Father."

From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Henry Sloane Coffin