obligations
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Microsoft recently reported $627 billion in remaining commercial performance obligations, nearly double the figure in the prior year, with an average contract duration of roughly 2.5 years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“While the government withheld funding in defiance of its obligations, children were left to face deportation proceedings alone, and some potentially returned to the very abuse, persecution, and danger they fled,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The "Mecca Joint Defence Agreement" pledges mutual support between the three Sunni states, but provides no specifics on the obligations of each.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
It cannot absorb the obligations of the state.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
I felt a twinge of guilt that I’d neglected my obligations to Mrs. Wigginbottom for so long.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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