promise
Example Sentences
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"Now here's a really good reason to step up on that promise of doing justice by Josh."
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
“The combination of two non-promises does not add up to a promise, as Coca-Cola wishes,” the government wrote in a court filing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
In 2015 he opened an office in Detroit, where his firm would author emphatically modern buildings that felt textured by the Motor City’s industrial legacy, celebrating both its past and its new promise.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
It’s promise has driven market to fresh record highs, and its spending has kept the economy from sliding into recession.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
I’d never imagined she would make such a foolish promise.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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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