intended

Example Sentences

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How do you advocate for yourself without coming across as whiny or dragging a coworker into the conversation when they probably never intended to reveal their salary?

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Shake Shack, meanwhile, swung to a first-quarter loss, dragged down by additional investments intended to drive traffic while consumers spend frugally at restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Wahl said on Tuesday that investigators are still trying to understand what the "intended target location" was and the scope of the threat.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The policy is intended to preserve the fragile status quo.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

No disrespect to Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or Moby-Dick is intended by this, for every poet knows it already.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood