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Six example sentences with devote, each labelled with its topic.
She plans to devote the whole winter to a single mural, painting nothing else until the north wall is finished.
Art
After residency he chose to devote his practice to rural patients, turning down two lucrative offers from city hospitals.
Medicine
Marathon training asks you to devote most Sunday mornings to long runs, leaving little room for anything else that day.
Fitness
She chose to devote her career to a single beetle family, and forty years later she had named two hundred species.
Science
The owner decided to devote the whole first year to one client, turning down other orders until the contract was done.
Business
The old professor chose to devote his final decade to one question, whether a promise can bind someone who has changed.
Philosophy
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