intended

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Intended to supply temporary assistance, they instead trap their residents for years, sometimes decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Intended as a joke, her friends told Gunner Beck that Mr Mason was waiting outside and wanted to see her.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

Intended for public health emergencies, this program has narrow criteria to pay out and sets a limit of $50,000, with stringent standards of proof.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

Intended as a rebuttal to his girlfriend’s desire for both a deeper and more public relationship, Bankman-Fried’s memo to Ellison might conceivably have overstated his characterological deficits.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Intended to right the wrongs of years of exclusion, the programs have swelled the number of women, blacks, and Latinos on campuses.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times