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intentional

[in-ten-shuh-nl] / ɪnˈtɛn ʃə nl /


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The crime of intentional foreign interference carries a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment in Australia.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

“For advisers, the goal is to help calibrate a client’s confidence so that they’re more intentional, to establish clarity and understanding of taking this level of risk and why they’re doing it.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

That word — intentional — came up so often during my interviews that I eventually started circling it in my notebook.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The government is looking at strengthening national planning policy on "intentional unauthorised development", particularly for retrospective planning applications.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

This is a zeugma: the intentional juxtaposition of different senses of a single word.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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