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Wood predicted in 2022 that her portfolio would compound at 50% annually over many years—not a promise, but emotional catnip for investors intent on getting rich in a hurry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

In which case, they are not pledges, they are mere statements of intent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The film producer was intent on attacking Ashley Judd, the actress, activist and humanitarian who is one of the authors of this piece, saying she had “mental issues.”

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Opta numbers showed a team intent on regaining possession high up the pitch.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Antigone loses her life and Creon, for all intents and purposes, destroys his own, suffering the deaths of his most cherished loved ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

By Sony’s gauge, the game disc, for all intents and purposes, has been dead with audiences for a while.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Yet David craves Monica’s maternal affection as if he were real — and for all intents and purposes, he is.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Chief executive Dan Finley told the BBC earlier this week it would "operate to all intents and purposes as Debenhams Group".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

To all intents and purposes, the notion that the earth/water assemblage was to be thought of as a single globe or sphere disappeared around 1400.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton