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The phrase "a pledged" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where "pledged" is an adjective, but it requires a noun to follow it, making "a pledged" incomplete.
Example: "He is a pledged member of the organization."
Alternatives: "a committed" or "a promised".
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He has a pledged delegate lead virtually locked up.
During King Philip's War, he was a pledged hostage confined in Hartford prison.
Since 2001 only $15bn out of a pledged $25bn has actually ended up in Kabul's treasury.
That Ms. Winfrey would choose someone who was not a pledged member of her worldwide sisterhood illustrates just how deeply she felt her magazine needed a new direction.
The social contract that brings society into being is a pledge, and the society remains in being as a pledged group.
In St. Paul, site of the Republican National Convention, the local committee is grumbling that the state isn't following through on a pledged financial guarantee.
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Richard Handler, a financier, pledged $250,000.
Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas issued a statement pledging an immediate overhaul.
Pledged a fraternity in college.
Hong Kong authorities pledged a crackdown.
He pledged a formal investigation.
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