as in to devote
to keep or intend for a special purpose
a young attorney who has decided to dedicate her career to helping the poor receive justice
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The former will be the first museum in Korea dedicated solely to the art and history of Korean photography and will feature 20,000 works, while the latter will have a focus on media art, such as immersive installations.
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Leslie Patrick, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
However, Wor Flags volunteers dedicate hundreds of hours of their time to these magnificent visuals and, given news of Howe’s condition only broke the evening before this game, the display could not be pulled again.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Departments exist separately from one another, and spreadsheets disappear between different systems as employees dedicate their time to repetitive data entry tasks.
—Dmitriy Stepanov, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But this is a different Wallace, one who spent the offseason dedicating himself to having a more focused mindset inside the car in his quest to return to victory lane for the first time since 2022.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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Leslie Patrick, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
However, Wor Flags volunteers dedicate hundreds of hours of their time to these magnificent visuals and, given news of Howe’s condition only broke the evening before this game, the display could not be pulled again.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Departments exist separately from one another, and spreadsheets disappear between different systems as employees dedicate their time to repetitive data entry tasks.
—Dmitriy Stepanov, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
But this is a different Wallace, one who spent the offseason dedicating himself to having a more focused mindset inside the car in his quest to return to victory lane for the first time since 2022.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Dedicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dedicate. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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