devote
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Nvidia puts only about half of its free cash flow toward buybacks, he noted, while some peers devote 75% to 100%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Although they said they would devote the refund to “price investment,” which sounds like lowering prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I've devoted my life to this and, to me, parenting is something you also devote your life to," Sam says.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
News organizations devote way less space to mergers, acquisitions or spinoffs involving toilet paper, paint or breakfast cereal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He sometimes had longings to leave veterinary medicine and devote himself full-time to clocks.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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Strangely, Patterson, an Emmy-nominated TV writer, devotes more attention to the plot than to the play’s psychology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ms. Willetts devotes nearly an entire chapter—ostensibly on postwar nightlife in Las Vegas and Havana—to Frank Sinatra, head of America’s Rat Pack of lounge crooners and the “kingpin of ‘gentlemanly’ debauchery.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
OJM devotes a considerable share of its content to Costco-related high-jinks, and even hosted a chicken-eating contest that drew hundreds of strangers to a sidewalk in Park Slope last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
In “Atlas,” Natkiel skips that sequel, and devotes only two small maps to the whole first affair, due to its perceived insignificance and limited gains.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
He goes out into the fields day after day, and under the blazing summer sun, devotes himself to his canvases.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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Then there is Thrive Eternal, the retro wing of Kushner’s tech empire that is devoted to supposedly AI-proof properties like the Lakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But nothing has changed about the platform’s devoted users, many of whom remain as inhospitable as ever to the kind of unchecked brand chatter that prevails elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“The sheriff acknowledged the problem and devoted substantial additional resources, including new processing software and additional personnel, to cutting waiting times dramatically.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Seeing Jackie and Shadow’s devoted fans come together to protect the home they shared from human development is the most meaningful tribute to Jackie for the remarkable legacy she has left us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Reviews of the performance in Forverts devoted paragraphs to the particularly inspired casting of Lewis as the monster Chenya, trapped in Tsvishn Veltn, Between Worlds.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Universal Studios Hollywood has been proactive with Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, devoting a website to just how silent and unobtrusive its groundbreaking coaster would be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
With Farage no longer an MP and fighting his own by-election in Clacton in Essex - he is hamstrung when it comes to devoting as much time and energy to Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Lindsey Rae Thompson, who’s been looking for a job for several months, has been devoting at least an hour to each cover letter she crafts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Our country is winning again,” Trump said, devoting nearly six minutes of his speech to the team’s victory.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
It was a good thing Rain drove a taxi before devoting her life to terrorizing my mother.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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