pledge
noun
a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something.
are pledging
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present progressiveof pledge.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Ministers want to create 200,000 jobs and are pledging £1bn in funding for several initiatives.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
The scarcest resource in the AI arms race is access to computing, which is why OpenAI and others are pledging to spend trillions of dollars in the coming years to make sure the capacity expands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Both are pledging more austerity and freer markets.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2023
Governments around the world are pledging assistance, deploying search teams, medical squads and equipment, and offering aid, as families who have lost their homes endure near-freezing temperatures.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Immigrants who take the oath are pledging loyalty to the covenant.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
