goal

Example Sentences

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The FAA has said its goal is zero serious close calls and has pushed to address those risks in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal

Each summer, managers and their reports complete plans for the coming year, setting clear goals for results they intend to deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal

The American people don’t think that the president has clearly explained the goals of the war, and the share who think he has done so is smaller today than it was at the beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal

Denmark needed one goal to guarantee automatic qualification and send Scotland to the purgatory of the play-offs - and they were pummelling Belarus in pursuit of it.

From BBC

Played the most World Cup games and scored the most World Cup goals of any American?

From Los Angeles Times