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verb

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as in to promise
to make a solemn declaration of intent she vowed to love him forever

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noun

ˈvau̇ How to pronounce vow (audio)
as in promise
a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something we need your vow that you won't damage anything while we're gone

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European leaders met on Thursday in Brussels for emergency talks on the Ukraine war and European defense, vowing to rearm the continent after the United States threatened to rip up 80 years of security guarantees. — Billy Stockwell, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025 But opposition parties have vowed to force an earlier national vote through a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons against the Liberal minority government when Parliament is recalled on March 24. — Christopher Guly, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
Education nominee McMahon grilled amid Trump's vow to kill department Sources told ABC News the president is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week calling for McMahon to diminish the education department and work with Congress to pass legislation that would eliminate it. — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025 Additional tariffs on the country’s three biggest trading partners, if Trump’s vows of levies take effect, would add to the economic strain that has begun to emerge from Trump’s blizzard of actions. — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vow
  1. promise
  2. pledge
  3. swear
Verb
  • Trump has promised to bring back coal, and those two states have subsequently provided him his greatest margins of victory over the past three presidential election cycles.
    — Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Trump has promised to expand the country’s oil and gas production with an eye to economic growth and lower prices.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of promise
Noun
  • Stocks fell Thursday afternoon as President Donald Trump's pledge to temporarily exempt many imports from his 25% tariffs failed to deter a wider sell-off.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Deregulation rounded out his trifecta, with a pledge to axe ten regulations for every new one, freeing businesses from bureaucratic shackles to expand and onboard staff.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of pledge
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  • There are many eye shadow primers out there, but makeup artists swear by the following formulas for creating level canvases and seamless looks on the delicate, wrinkle-prone skin around the eye area.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Others trappers swear by dying and waxing their traps like the old timers used to do.
    — Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of swear

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