devote to
phrasal verb
devoted to; devoting to; devotes to
: to decide that (something) will be used for (a special purpose) : to use (time, money, energy, attention, etc.) for (something)
They devote an hour every day to worship.
Some of the money they raise will be devoted to repairing the church's roof.
The magazine will devote an entire issue to this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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And on Thursday, there is a 6 p.m. panel discussion in the Wattis Theatre devoted to f.64 and its artists.
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
What the show brings to the genre—and what makes each kinetic half-hour of its first season so much fun to watch—is a fierce love of movies that comes through in, for example, an extended homage to Chinatown and such stylistic flexes as a single-shot episode devoted to filming a single-shot scene.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
Emily Faivre, a senior principal research scientist working in the labs devoted to finding effective medicine to treat cancer, said the testing is rigorous before the approval process even starts.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Prior to the deal, Alpha Group had acquired Chinese rights to the Bernard IP and produced three feature films devoted to the polar bear and his entourage: Backkom Bear: Agent 008 (2017), Agent Backkom: Kings Bear (2021), and Backkom Bear: Mars Mission (2024).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 June 2025
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
What the show brings to the genre—and what makes each kinetic half-hour of its first season so much fun to watch—is a fierce love of movies that comes through in, for example, an extended homage to Chinatown and such stylistic flexes as a single-shot episode devoted to filming a single-shot scene.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
Emily Faivre, a senior principal research scientist working in the labs devoted to finding effective medicine to treat cancer, said the testing is rigorous before the approval process even starts.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Prior to the deal, Alpha Group had acquired Chinese rights to the Bernard IP and produced three feature films devoted to the polar bear and his entourage: Backkom Bear: Agent 008 (2017), Agent Backkom: Kings Bear (2021), and Backkom Bear: Mars Mission (2024).
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 June 2025
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“Devote to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/devote%20to. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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