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- noun Plural form of
pledge .
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Examples
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And lastly, this title pledges to us an immortal kingdom.
Sermons. Volume The Fourth. 1808-1892 1850
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However, the recent Global Fund Replenishment Conference ended up with less than 12 billion of pledges from the countries, so this is very disappointing to see that these needs won't be covered.
Rahim Kanani: Sophie Delaunay of Doctors Without Borders USA (MSF) on Global Health Financing Rahim Kanani 2010
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Although numerous individual athletes have pulled out of the games, all of the national teams scheduled to compete are expected to do so after hearing pledges from the Indian Government that the venues will be ready on time.
Snakes and Other Problems Still Plague Commonwealth Games 2010
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Despite a still sluggish economy, CGI managed to generate an impressive $2.5 billion in pledges from its participants.
Aron Cramer: Streamlining the Millennium Development Goals for More Impact Aron Cramer 2010
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria collected $11.7 billion in pledges this week.
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Europeans are keen to obtain pledges that all G-20 nations will implement these rules on the same timetable, as they resent that the U.S. failure to implement the previous set of Basel rules helped trigger the global financial meltdown.
G-20 Seeks to Forge Consensus on Currencies Ian Talley 2010
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The 10-day debate constructed $812,075 in pledges from 16,380 subscribers.
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Bloomberg: The $9.7 trillion in pledges would be enough to send a $1,430 check to every man, woman and child alive in the world.
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The 10-day debate constructed $812,075 in pledges from 16,380 subscribers.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Although numerous individual athletes have pulled out of the games, all of the national teams scheduled to compete are expected to do so after hearing pledges from the Indian Government that the venues will be ready on time.
Snakes and Other Problems Still Plague Commonwealth Games 2010
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