Thesaurus results for PROMISES

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verb

present tense third-person singular of promise

as in vows

to make a solemn declaration of intent they promised to keep in touch with us after they moved away

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as in predicts

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome given the cast, the new sitcom promises to be an excellent show

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promises

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noun

plural of promise

as in pledges

a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something he made a promise to arrive on time, come hell or high water

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Recent Examples of promises

Verb

One candidate promises to lower gas and grocery prices and criticizes the incumbent for not doing so (as if politicians can control the market). — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026 In addition to security safeguards, Shield promises to reimburse up to $100,000 for regular users, and up to $500,000 for its highest class of VIP users, in the event of a third-party takeover. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026 Check out what all the hype’s about while saving 30 percent on this shampoo and conditioner duo that promises up to 72 hours of moisture and silk-like smoothness. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Getty Images Meta’s new artificial intelligence agent Muse promises to make everything from booking appointments to building playlists easier, but its rollout of agentic shopping, in particular, has the tech and retail realms buzzing. — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026 Disgusted by everything, Lowen promises to expose the truth and steal Verity’s husband and career, ultimately showing Jeremy his wife’s confession and sending him into a fit of rage. — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026 If your website promises fast delivery, easy returns or responsive support, make sure the teams and systems behind it can consistently deliver. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Monologue Brunson promises that tonight will be like the Knicks finals games. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026 One resident of the Icon warned commissioners that promises made by Griffin could change once the helipad is built. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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Faced with promises of big cash pay-outs, American universities have entered the fray on the wrong side of the argument. — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 Aware of women’s electoral weight, activists sought to leverage that power to seek guarantees that such promises won't later be shelved. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 Strong democracies, by contrast, rely on impersonal institutions that protect state promises from day-to-day political interference and on budgets large enough for these institutions to carry them out. — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026 His campaign puts security front and center, with promises to lower the age of criminal responsibility and toughen the response to violent crime. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 The invisible skeleton of modern warfare Applied Aerospace is not a speculative, pre-revenue technology startup selling software promises. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Separately, the Bezos family donated $100 million in May toward one of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top campaign promises. — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Tech companies have responded with promises to mitigate any potential harm by paying for infrastructure upgrades needed in local water and power systems. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 For Starship to follow through on SpaceX’s promises, the company still needs to tackle technological hurdles like on-orbit fuel transfers and long-term cryogenic propellant storage in space, both of which Starship needs in order to fly beyond LEO. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for promises

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But that reassurance may become harder to sustain as pressure builds on Russia’s war machine, and the Kremlin vows to press ahead with achieving its military objectives in Ukraine, whatever the cost.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay the course after historic defeats in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where his CDU was ejected from parliament for the first time.

— Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of vows

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The methodology predicts how soil conditions interact with structural foundations during an earthquake.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
The lonely runner conjecture predicts that, at some point, a runner will be maximally distant from all the other runners—the saddest, loneliest phase of the race.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of predicts

Noun

The cancelation comes following a number of pledges to boycott Israeli film institutions signed by actors including Javier Bardem and Emma Stone.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Bolsonaro, 45, pledges to slash the deficit and realign the country's foreign policy with Washington.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of pledges

Verb

Geoff warns Ilya to moderate his projections, emphasizing the need for safeguards, but the idealistic Russian is swept up in the vast potential of AI — to solve the climate crisis, cure cancer, even save humanity from itself.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
The manufacturer warns they should not be used on high-risk populations such as kids, pregnant women or disabled people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of warns

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The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
According to the rules of the game, Joker can only give his team members hints while the rest of the class watches and laughs at their stumbles.

— Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of hints

Verb

That bodes extremely well for plane spotting out in broad daylight this summer.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
The Obama Presidential Center opening June 18 also bodes well for tourism, both in burnishing the city’s image and creating a new attraction to draw domestic and international visitors to Chicago, Reynolds said.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026