How to Use obligation in a Sentence
obligation
noun
- She failed to fulfill her obligations as a parent.
- She believes that all people have a moral obligation to defend human rights.
- He argues that people in a community have certain obligations to each other.
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For some, the heat and fasting obligations were too much to bear.
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Ramin Mostaghim,
latimes.com,
8 June 2018
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And there’s no obligation to spend the day a certain way.
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Sophie Carson,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
8 May 2021
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And the simplest of those obligations is a commitment to the truth.
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David French,
National Review,
12 Aug. 2019
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Our obligation is to the truth - and in this case, the truth seems to be that these systems are not working.
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chicagotribune.com,
29 Mar. 2018
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And of course schools have a special obligation to keep the children in their care safe.
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Lara Sorokanich,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Aug. 2018
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Be sure to follow the rules and fulfill your obligations at the end of August.
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Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive.com,
19 Aug. 2019
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The bank would have the right of first refusal but would have no obligation to put the mortgage loans on its books.
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Patrick Danner,
San Antonio Express-News,
4 Jan. 2022
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There is no cost or obligation, and members can leave the co-op at any time.
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Carol Kovach,
cleveland,
18 Jan. 2022
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The next few days were a tangle of duties and obligations.
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Clarence B. Jones,
The New Yorker,
18 July 2023
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Even works of imagination have an obligation to the truth of the past.
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New York Times,
30 Nov. 2021
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The city asked the courts in May to relieve it of its own obligation — so far without success.
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2023
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What obligation, if any, does an artist have to play the hits at a festival?
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2024
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No big news or message, and no obligation – just a list.
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Amy Dickinson,
oregonlive,
27 Mar. 2021
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No big news or message, and no obligation — just a list.
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Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2021
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The sites will have to comply with the DSA obligations by February 2024.
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Jon Porter,
The Verge,
20 Dec. 2023
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Naya's obligation to them—and to all of her fans—was obvious.
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Bianca Betancourt,
Harper's BAZAAR,
15 July 2020
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The three-page letter said that the district has an obligation to keep students and staff safe.
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NBC News,
12 Aug. 2021
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If the artist doesn’t really feel it, there is no obligation to do it.
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Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
15 Feb. 2024
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The parts that come with the rest of it — the touring and other public obligations — are further down on her list.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2024
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Beauty isn’t an obligation in order to interact with the rest of the world.
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Lauren Valenti,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2021
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Go full steam ahead and get a head start on upcoming projects and obligations.
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Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive.com,
28 Aug. 2019
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Not in a comforting way, in a place-of-loving-obligation way.
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Francis Lam,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Sep. 2021
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The order does not freeze your rent or relieve you from your obligation to pay back rent.
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Anna Bahney,
CNN,
2 Sep. 2020
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For many people, the financial stress of gift and event obligations can be too much.
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Dr. Sandeep Mendiratta,
sun-sentinel.com,
5 Dec. 2019
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But kicking the tax obligation down the road could be an expensive choice.
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Michelle Singletary,
Washington Post,
28 Aug. 2020
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So, to your point, our obligation is to hold all of these tech platforms accountable.
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Leah Feiger,
WIRED,
31 Oct. 2024
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These include the obligation to lay out what crimes were committed by those Trump might seek to punish.
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Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
2 Nov. 2024
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