intended
Example Sentences
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And Murrietta intended to text his friends on the Braves, too.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
It would be easy to take Emma’s confession as a simple cinematic provocation, a tone-deaf narrative device intended to make viewers squirm in their seats.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Its heat-resistant design, originally intended for reentry on Earth and Mars, could be used to handle the intense heating from aerobraking in Uranus' atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
For now, executives of the major private-credit firms are saying the structures of their funds—which require shareholders to cash out slowly over time—are functioning as intended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Which was so typical: the bumbling mammals wreaking havoc, even when no havoc was intended.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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