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promise

[prom-is] / ˈprɒm ɪs /






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But some child safety charities and experts have cast doubt on the effectiveness or promise of a midnight curfew for older UK teens.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

That could change, of course—AI still holds immense promise for the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

May his name resonate through the ages as embodying the promise and tragedy of the American dream.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Many hydration products promise a rush of electrolytes, but Rosenkranz noted that many Americans already get far too much sodium from ultraprocessed foods.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Elisha handed Maggie a letter stating that there was never any promise to marry and asked her to copy it in her own handwriting.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The brand's most ardent supporters "have a lot of faith that she can deliver on some of these promises longer-term", he says, but there's "still a ton of scepticism" outside the fanbase.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Charles Schwab recently warned investors against putting money in companies making growth promises pushed out far into the future.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

During our Zoom, with the background carefully faded behind her wavy blond bob, she promises that she doesn’t just copy and paste her subjects and settings from what sells.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in New Zealand on Friday touting a free trade deal that has sparked a backlash despite promises it will unlock jobs and economic riches.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Back on the beach, he told her he’d stopped making promises.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

With inflation running near a three-year high, new Fed chief Kevin Warsh has promised to stamp it out.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

In the Imperial Valley, colleges created training programs in response to a promised lithium industry.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Baroness Lampard promised that bereaved families would be at the heart of the inquiry because she wanted to identify systemic failures which the country could learn from.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“Lindsey wrapped his arms around me and promised that he would always be there for me,” Graham said in 2015 when her brother was running for president.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

“I’m off to work on a film for a couple of weeks, but when I get back, I’ll dip in,” she promised.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

While drugmakers are using AI extensively in the drug-development process, the technology’s magic can’t neatly transform an arduous process of identifying promising molecules and then testing them extensively on the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Geological Survey, said the latest Scripps data are promising and the next big question is scalability.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The Rock saw it and sent back a video message promising to hire out a cinema for them and their friends and family to watch the film.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Because they can potentially encode and store information, researchers see them as promising building blocks for future data storage, communications, and computing technologies.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

I spoke to him softly as I emptied them, promising I would look after his daughter.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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