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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
obligate .
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Examples
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Selling calls obligates investors to sell their stock should the stock price rise above the call's strike price.
unknown title 2011
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I mean, this kind of obligates the cops to do their duty.
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"obligates" people to answer "intrusive" check-a-box questions about their ethnicity, religion, etc.
Progressive Bloggers 2010
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Shane, who specializes in separation of powers at Ohio State, echoed other legal analysts in saying that clause only obligates Congress to fund the repayment of federal debts, a key issue after the Civil War.
Obama could cite 14th Amendment powers to tackle debt limit 2011
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It obligates me to understand her struggles and her suicide and use the insight and wisdom I gain to improve my life and the lives of my descendants.
The 7 Glenn Beck 2011
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Although the 2004 law obligates claimant advocates not to omit material information, the Social Security Administration doesn't have a definitive policy about what should be submitted.
Two Lawyers Strike Gold In U.S. Disability System Damian Paletta 2011
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This policy, which is expressly not mentioned in the USTR white paper, obligates the U.S. to refrain from pushing countries to adopt many of the very same measures it is now promoting as a part of the TPP.
Tido von Schoen-Angerer: Shooting Itself In the Foot: The Broken Promises of the U.S. Trade Agenda Tido von Schoen-Angerer 2011
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When you add up all of the government subsidies for healthcare, education and custodial care that the State gives the parents of the retarded, how selfish that the pro life community, which obligates us all to pay these expenses thru our tax money, seeks to deny young girls and women in need of abortion, a modest support.
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Approaching ‘Church matters’ for children obligates an author to explain the subject interestingly.
Art and Literature 2009
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It binds us together and obligates me to understand him and help him understand me and use my mind and spirit to heal our relationship to whatever extent I can.
The 7 Glenn Beck 2011
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