as in to promise
to make a solemn declaration of intent
she vowed to love him forever
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as in promise
a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something
we need your vow that you won't damage anything while we're gone
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Recent Examples of vow
Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Stefanik, the fourth-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives in the last Congress, vowed to utilize her skills as a lawmaker to scrutinize the funding provided to the U.N. and cut the budget provided if necessary.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 19 Jan. 2025
Wedding hashtags are not as common anymore, wedding parties are often mixed-gender, couples frequently exchange their vows privately instead of at the altar and the days of out-of-the-blue proposals are long gone.
—Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The Ferry Building restaurant closed in 2000, but Phan vowed to bring the Slanted Door back to San Francisco.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Stefanik, the fourth-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives in the last Congress, vowed to utilize her skills as a lawmaker to scrutinize the funding provided to the U.N. and cut the budget provided if necessary.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
The arrests signaled that not even California and its progressive policies would be safe from Trump’s vow of mass deportations.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 19 Jan. 2025
Wedding hashtags are not as common anymore, wedding parties are often mixed-gender, couples frequently exchange their vows privately instead of at the altar and the days of out-of-the-blue proposals are long gone.
—Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vow
Verb
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The action-comedy may have a change in scenery but promises to be as explosive and swear-y as ever.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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Their shooting and playmaking will not be replaced even if the frontcourt twin-towers might look promising.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Companies made ambitious pledges to increase representation and foster inclusion.—
Aniela Unguresan,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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For example, many business leaders have expressed enthusiasm for Trump’s pro-economic growth agenda, across tax cuts, deregulation, less stringent antitrust enforcement, positive incentives for onshoring manufacturing, and his pledge to bring down energy costs.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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He was sworn into office less than two months ago and has responded to one catastrophic crisis after another ever since.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Jan. 2025
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The pair welcomed their only child together on Nov. 28, 2015, in Englewood, New Jersey. 02 of 17 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Daughter North West For a long time, people swore North West was dad Kanye West's double.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Vow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vow. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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