intent

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Intent on ensuring that China leapfrogs the U.S. as the world’s pre-eminent power, Xi Jinping recently made the gutsy and perhaps counterintuitive decision to invest massively in an arena of American strength—basic research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Intent has been the polestar for the evolution of secondary liability—and especially the contributory liability theory—in copyright law.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025

Intent on becoming an actor after his two-year stint in the Army, he returned to Los Angeles, where he was accepted into an acting workshop taught by blacklisted actor Jeff Corey and landed an agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

Intent on establishing herself, at the earliest opportunity, as one of Britain's greatest ever athletes, the four-time European champion's shifting reaction to each second-place finish has told its own story.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

Intent on keeping their balance, they ignored him altogether, and Lord Asriel felt the hair stir at the back of his neck when he realized that they were ghosts.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman