as in devoted
to keep or intend for a special purpose
unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for given up (to)
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Orcutt was a community advocate who devoted herself to helping poor and unhoused people in the region, according to a GoFundMe fundraising page set up by her daughter.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025 -
Gemignani has devoted his life to pizza.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The high end is reserved for those engaged in strength programs or strenuous workouts.—
Cynthia Sass,
Health,
28 Oct. 2025
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This advanced machine is typically reserved for cosmic research, but it was used for medical purposes in this study.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Developed by clean-energy technology company Global OTEC, the platform was named in honor of Don Lennard, a British aircraft engineer and Royal Navy veteran who dedicated his life to advancing Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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And, just in time for Halloween, The Twisted Spine, New York’s first bookstore dedicated purely to horror, has opened its doors in Williamsburg.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Plascencia is still well back of the college record of 34, set by Wake Forest’s Nick Sciba from 2018–2019.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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That’s on pace for about 129 catches across a 17-game season, which would shatter the single-season record for an RB of 116 set by…Christian McCaffrey in 2019.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Given up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/given%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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