promise
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Salesforce also showed promise with its pipeline of future business.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s a shame that the infighting over “Make Believe” distracts from the merits of a book that is, in all respects, a tribute to the possibilities and promise of children’s literature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
To lure investors, according to the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic will promise that revenue opportunities are above $30 trillion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ellison’s promise to release 30 movies a year, following the merger, won’t cut it, the attorney general said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Each day the wagon will grow lighter,” I promise.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
He’s streamlined the drama to an hour and 40 minutes and cut and combined some characters, though he promises that audiences will be encountering “the whole play.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
They say the tactic is especially cynical because it promises voters a prohibition that, in large part, Missouri already has.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
"The biggest challenge would be to gain victims' confidence in authorities to follow through their promises of protection," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The NFL’s campaign to promote its new season promises lots of the same elaborate end zone celebrations that the league once banned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I know I get carried away. But opening a school is something I’ve wanted to do forever. I can’t wait! Lala, it’s gonna change this town!” he promises.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Though omnibus legislation approved last year promised $1 billion in security funding to make the 2028 Games secure, none of that money has arrived in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
At a press conference afterward, he didn’t directly answer reporters’ questions about how the Fed’s rate stance would reduce inflation as he promised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Burnham had previously promised "the biggest council house building programme since the post-war period", and the government said millions extra would be given to councils to support their housebuilding plans and help with expertise.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The head of the IG Metall union on Friday sharply criticised management and promised to resist the factory closures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
“You can have coconut,” she promised him, “if you’ll bring all your friends to the beach.”
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Jorrel Hato: Operating in an unfamiliar wing-back role, the defender produced a promising early dribble and adapted well.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It was sad that a young, promising coach had made a terrible mistake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
But the early success of these smaller, people-first models is promising.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
After meeting Greer on Thursday, LeBlanc told reporters "we're very close," promising to persist until a deal is done.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was, in fact, a letter from a seventeen-year-old girl, Zita Rajcsanyi, one of Hungary’s most promising women chess players.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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