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  • noun Plural form of commitment.

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Examples

  • For a young professional bloke, the option of keeping his money and his property investment to himself, buying lots of expensive toys and taking modern freely available opportunities for sex when he's in the mood without any of the commitments is an attractive one.

    A Giant Leap For Personkind ? Newmania 2008

  • Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe has described the Constitution as an elaborate edifice to make sure that our short-term values do not cause us to lose sight of our long-term commitments.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • FLATOW: And do you have commitments from the turbine makers and are there, you know, are all those ducks lining up to make this come true?

    Carrying Wind Power, Underwater 2010

  • Dr. KEMPTON: I don't believe there's any commitments from the turbine makers or the developers who buy the turbines and place them out there and then sell the power.

    Carrying Wind Power, Underwater 2010

  • Dr. KEMPTON: I don't believe there's any commitments from the turbine makers or the developers who buy the turbines and place them out there and then sell the power.

    Carrying Wind Power, Underwater 2010

  • FLATOW: And do you have commitments from the turbine makers and are there, you know, are all those ducks lining up to make this come true?

    Carrying Wind Power, Underwater 2010

  • Mobilizing and maintaining public support for these commitments is in large part why the War on Terror was proclaimed in the first place.

    Wonk Room » Well Past Time To Retire ‘War On Terror’ 2009

  • FLATOW: And do you have commitments from the turbine makers and are there, you know, are all those ducks lining up to make this come true?

    Carrying Wind Power, Underwater 2010

  • I think the good news is certainly we have seen a 20 percent increase in commitments compared to what we had in 2007.

    UNAIDS: Overall Funding Shortfall for Global Fund 2010

  • Dr. KEMPTON: I don't believe there's any commitments from the turbine makers or the developers who buy the turbines and place them out there and then sell the power.

    Carrying Wind Power, Underwater 2010

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