purpose

As his renewed sense of purpose shifted into ambition, Jordan began looking beyond the day-to-day and decided to set himself a long-term goal to mark his 30th birthday with a professional gym photoshoot.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Records detailing the purpose of Paxton’s visits to 36 states and 19 countries do not appear to exist in most cases.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Their results suggest that this prehistoric adhesive may have served a second, previously overlooked purpose: helping protect wounds from infection.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

A spokesperson for Zanjani also previously told the Journal that the financier “has neither required nor relied upon any cryptocurrency exchange for the purpose of money laundering or sanction evasion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Added to their difficulties was the fact that it became immediately obvious that the Mykali was far too large for their purpose.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

China has previously supplied Iran with drones as well as equipment that can be used for both civilian and military purposes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Drugs for lethal injections are also hard to obtain because many pharmaceutical companies do not want to sell the medications to prisons for that use, since they were developed for life-saving purposes.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Paxton has also gone to the Salt Lake City area 19 times, twice for listed business purposes.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

In a study published in Bioactive Materials, scientists found that the medication lacosamide can serve two purposes in osteoarthritis, reducing joint pain while also reversing cartilage damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Medieval painting, for instance, is to a large extent “applied,” in the sense that it embellishes surfaces which serve other, practical purposes as well—walls, book pages, windows, furniture.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

QCi said Monday that the foundry, “currently purposed for research and development and prototyping,” had begun to generate early revenue, though contributions weren’t broken out in the report.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

If the purposed minimum pay rate does go through, it'll be the first of its kind nationwide.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023

“I stood next to the job for four years. I purposed to be ready every day for four years,” Pence said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

“There are no awards. There are no winners or losers tonight. It’s just our passion that makes our heart beat faster. It makes our life so much more greatly purposed with joy and fulfillment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

I do not know how, purposed with so high & noble Aims, we end thus in Ruin.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

As ProPublica detailed in 2016, several state court systems have adopted a proprietary software that purports to put a probability on recidivism for sentencing purposing.

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2021

I read with my watch upon the table, purposing to close my book at eleven o’clock.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Delayed by the mirror to the extent of having consumed but half of his refreshing draft, yet purposing further imbibition, Judge Henderson paused at the sound of some person ascending the outer stair.

From The Broken Gate A Novel by Emerson Hough

I’ve been purposing all along to have a Welsh rarebit and make some cloudbursts and I’m still going to do it.

From Molly Brown's College Friends by Nell Speed

His papers yet lay tied up in a bundle at the bottom of the chest, where he had packed them; purposing to take them with him in his elopement.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe