obligate
Example Sentences
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He looked so miserable that Jonah felt obligated to cheer him up.
From Literature
Thus, morning anchors aren’t obligated to adhere to the neutral comportment we expect of their evening news counterparts.
From Salon
Paramount said it would reimburse shareholders for the fee, without reducing the separate $5.8 billion reverse termination fee Netflix is obligated to pay Warner if it walks away from the deal.
On Aug. 25, he emailed Gates, Cohen and Nikolic saying “I fear that another face to face will be needed before closing,” and pressed regarding the financial logistics: “who pays, ? who is obligated.?”
Only $21 million under those contracts was actually obligated to IonQ, according to records in the government’s Federal Procurement Data System.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
