intent
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And so, even if it’s not your intent to document a changing culture, it ends up being that way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Valencia says he partnered with with Zegarra because he understood his intent better than most institutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
"The purchase intent that we're seeing on 'Grand Theft Auto' is far away above any other game we've ever tracked," said Mat Piscatella of consultancy Circana.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
A third company - French cyber-defence firm Sekoia - also noticed scanning activity prior to the second wave of cyber-attacks, but said it could have been automatic scanning without malicious intent.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Second, when states and school districts adopt the standards, they are taking a stand for rigor, informed by a clear intent.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Yet David craves Monica’s maternal affection as if he were real — and for all intents and purposes, he is.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Chief executive Dan Finley told the BBC earlier this week it would "operate to all intents and purposes as Debenhams Group".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The entire stock market will soon become, for all intents and purposes, the meme-stock market, and your retirement accounts are at the mercy of their whims.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
“The consumer, for all intents and purposes, pays the tariff,” it added.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
“I’m Penelope, but no one ever calls me that and I don’t really like it anyway, so for all intents and purposes my name is Poppet.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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19th Amendment (1920)
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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