promise
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Sethapanichsakul, a self-confessed "dinosaur kid", said in a UCL press release that the study also "fulfils a childhood promise of naming a dinosaur".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Following the Sparks blowout loss to Las Vegas on Sunday, Nneka Ogwumike made a promise; on Wednesday, the defense would be better.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
James Le, a Charlotte, N.C.-based photographer, made a promise to himself and his wife Caley that he would not work on their honeymoon.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
In fact, before the pandemic, Moderna had zero products on the market and zero commercial sales, surviving instead on its ability to sell the promise of its mRNA platform to larger companies and federal agencies.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
It sounded not as good as a promise that he could keep Thor forever, but still impossibly good.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing promise
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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Michelle Obama's final address as First Lady (2017)
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