intent
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And as intent on vivifying culture as Bourdain was, I think he’d watch this movie and feel that there’s an authenticity that is deeply missed.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Boeing launched Wisk in 2019 with the intent to build fully autonomous air taxis for short trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Birth tourism inherently relies on the intent of an individual to come to the US to give birth and capturing that intent in data is difficult," said Putzel-Kavanaugh.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
On Friday, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana took to the Senate floor to announce his intent to vote for Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Phineas is intent on his team, on the slope of the road, and on the big, rocking coach.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
By Sony’s gauge, the game disc, for all intents and purposes, has been dead with audiences for a while.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
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
“The consumer, for all intents and purposes, pays the tariff,” it added.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
The two women — complete strangers, for all intents and purposes — are jittery around each other until they discover how much they have in common.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
For all intents he spoke into a vacuum.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing intent
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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