promise
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Some more technologically advanced treatments also showed promise.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Both provisions focus on the use of money or the promise of benefits to get individuals to vote in a particular way.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
The promise of this is, above all, productivity.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
We can’t yet know the ultimate threat or promise of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I wanted to promise Daisy but I couldn’t talk.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
When contact is established, scammers work to build trust through flattery, shared personal experiences, romantic interest, fake testimonials and, yes, promises of love or money, the bureau adds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Germany and Italy, two of the three largest countries in the European Union, did not sign the joint declaration and have made no such promises.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
There will be at least 12 moments, Six Flags promises, in which riders will experience airtime lifts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mr. Fielder’s conversations with her and Mr. Evans are so revealing, unflattering and bizarrely enthralling that this film promises to be the talk of the fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She promises her daughter to some fancy boy who once visited Paris.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
The prize ceremony on Saturday wrapped up 10 days of often dark, disturbing programming that chief organiser Alberto Barbera had promised would echo the war-torn and anxiety-filled state of the world.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
China promised more than a billion new customers for U.S. companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The following year, the U.S. government promised the tribes reservations but failed to create them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Holding one of them, he promised: "I'm here to take you guys home."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Especially not after he promised he’d keep it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
As promising as these studies appear, they were all conducted in a similar manner — by examining older medical records.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The team then examined the most promising locations with an underwater drone and the Deep Sea Camera System, which functions somewhat like a set of trail cameras placed beneath the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Mortgage rates are closing in on that level for the first time since the beginning of last year, promising more pain for prospective home buyers already wincing at record-high home prices and an uncertain economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I've owned VR headsets for well over a decade, and Valve's latest effort makes a promising first impression.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But while Washington attempted to transcend the ideological wars of the 1790s, Burr seemed disposed to tunnel beneath the warring camps, then pop up on the side promising him the bigger tribute.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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