recommit
Americanverb
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to send (a bill) back to a committee for further consideration
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to commit again
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of recommit
Explanation
To recommit is to make a promise again, like when you recommit yourself to serving your Girl Scout troop by selling loads of cookies. It can also mean to carry out a crime for a subsequent time (something a Girl Scout would never do). When you recommit to cleaning your guinea pig's cage daily, you swear that you'll get back on a regular cleaning schedule. When you and your friends paint graffiti on your neighbor's garage two days in a row, you recommit the crime of vandalism. The prefix re- tells you that this verb is describing repeated or recurring action.
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Oil shocks and heightened geopolitical tensions have reignited a familiar debate about whether policymakers should formally raise their inflation targets or simply take a mulligan and recommit.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Rather than centering himself as a victim, he framed the incident as a test of national character, urging Americans to reject political cruelty and recommit to shared democratic values.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
If we’re willing to reform ourselves—to listen, change and recommit to our core mission—we can again be a trusted engine of the American dream, scientific breakthroughs and the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
Hsueh said that, until volatility declines or the Fed actually cuts rates, these investors will be reluctant to recommit funds to gold ETFs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025
Certain lawyers who were present seemed to be staggered at the case, but inclined rather to recommit the prisoner: the lord mayor, however, discharged Strong, as he had been taken up without a warrant.
From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) by Thomas Clarkson
On Wednesday, Fed Chair Warsh recommitted to the central bank's two-percent target for inflation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Moreover, in the first meeting under Warsh, Gavekal observed that the Federal Open Market Committee recommitted to price stability and its inflation target of 2% per year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
To date, 69 countries have recommitted to reducing their emissions in what are known as nationally determined contributions, or NDCs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Also in line with Labour’s manifesto, Starmer recommitted to building 1.5 million net additional dwellings in England over the course of the Parliament.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025
We walked down the aisle to the front of the church together and recommitted ourselves to God and to the church, just as I had done years before as a young girl.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
He expressed hope that in this anniversary year, Americans will spend time “reflecting on the Declaration and recommitting to its creed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
“Friendship is particularly meaningful because it’s a relationship you’re constantly recommitting to — reupping.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
But most important for anyone recommitting capital will be whether Putin and his successors have learned the wrong lessons from their war in Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
“Not if they’re recommitting almost the exact violation,” Leffel said.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
For the recommitting the address, and in favour of a conciliatory policy towards the colonies, spoke, besides Lord John Cavendish, the mover, Mr. Lumley, the Lord Mayor of London, Rt.
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson
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