aim
Example Sentences
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"All defendants are acquitted of the charges" because their aim was "not to commit criminal acts but to provide humanitarian aid", presiding judge Vassilis Papathanassiou told the court on Thursday.
From BBC
It also committed $10 million to develop a recruiting pipeline with California State University aimed at hiring workers from underrepresented populations.
Instead, park officials aim to limit crowds by restricting car and foot traffic.
From Los Angeles Times
The US said it had agreed to cut the tariffs it charges on goods from Taiwan to 15%, in exchange for hundreds of billions of dollars in investment aimed at boosting domestic production of semiconductors.
From BBC
Another pitfall of AI is that it often aims to replace human effort, effectively becoming a crutch.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
