as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking
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The new data center was supposed to have been dedicated toward Meta’s new and ongoing artificial intelligence projects.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fiscal 2024 just ended with the government running a budget deficit in excess of $1.8 trillion, including more than $1.1 trillion dedicated solely to paying financing costs on the $36 trillion U.S. debt.Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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After spending the rest of 2017 touring the world behind Joanne (including a headlining slot at Coachella, swooping in to replace a pregnant Beyoncé atop the bill), Gaga devoted 2018 to her first Hollywood starring role, in Bradley Cooper’s remake of A Star is Born.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Featuring the longtime band lineup of singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray, Janick Gers and Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden devoted their two-hour set consisting mostly of music from the 2021 record Senjutsu and the 1986 album Somewhere in Time.David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Australia’s other world-first proposals are the highest age limit set by any country, no exemption for parental consent and no exemption for pre-existing accounts.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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That is the date set by the election-law reforms for the resolution of all legal disputes.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Projects save automatically, and even after downloading multiple projects, the total install size remained around 4GB, a fraction of the 512GB microSD in my Switch.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Give up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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