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promise

[prom-is] / ˈprɒm ɪs /






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And it has also brought the promise of a "point of difference" in attack as they prepare for a potentially pivotal first match.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The subtitle may seem to promise a methodical scholarly survey, but Mr. Weaver’s first paragraph scotches any such impression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Investors should also resist reading it as a promise of 40% lower costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell, sitting next to soon-to-be free agent Tarik Skubal at their lockers in the aftermath of their team’s elimination from the National League Championship Series elimination, made a promise:

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I promise you, Jonah,” he said in a husky voice.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Now a new generation of pumps promises similar energy efficiency at a lower cost and stress-free setup, since they fit into windows much like conventional air conditioners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“We are going to vote for them and watch if they keep their promises to us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Endless workout videos making impossible promises filled her feeds.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The event promises glamour -- replete with champagne-quaffing celebrities -- set against the backdrop of Rwanda's verdant hills and rich wildlife, all broadcast to a global audience.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

In 1933, Germany had forty different political parties, each one making promises as it struggled for power.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Earlier in October, the government promised better regulation of the sector.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

"All the things that we were promised since the 1950s, of space travel and flying cars... he's doing all of those things," said Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Musk has long promised to perfect self-driving technology and make it available in existing Tesla models.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

And Poppi, the prebiotic soda Pepsi bought for nearly $2 billion, is underwhelming: Pepsi now expects to pay almost none of the $300 million bonus it promised the sellers if the brand hit its targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

He promised he was working hard on a second book.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Someone may distrust the industrial food system while enthusiastically supporting an administration promising to reform it.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

He defeated the more combative congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary, promising a "politics of love."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

As a result of the three-day hold, the research team has extended the expedition time to complete its fieldwork and has yet to indicate whether they had found any promising evidence of Earhart's plane.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The discovery in Mrk 501 now makes the galaxy a particularly promising target for connecting a gravitational wave signal to an individual pair of supermassive black holes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

In 1945, sulfone drugs became the treatment of choice at Carville, and the results had been promising in the years since.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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