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promise

[prom-is] / ˈprɒm ɪs /






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The direct competition promises to stoke an even hotter 21st-century space race—this time between this era’s real superpowers: billionaires.

From The Wall Street Journal

The study also highlights newly identified genes that could become promising targets for future treatments.

From Science Daily

In her first campaign for City Council in 2020, Raman ran on a promise to address the city’s homelessness crisis in a humanitarian way, by moving unhoused residents into temporary and permanent housing.

From Los Angeles Times

But the approach only works if the school has enough cash—and enough faith in those managers that their funds will perform as promised.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Core Club promised to bring together luminaries in business, arts, technology and culture in hopes of sparking some greater collective alchemy.

From The Wall Street Journal