intent

Example Sentences

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Any potential challenge to Pratt’s eligibility based on residency would turn on the question of whether he had intent to return, said Jessica Levinson, a Loyola Marymount University law professor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"However, it did not find evidence of malicious intent on the part of those involved in delivering the event. We accept its conclusions in full."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In January, it announced a nonbinding letter of intent with the Commerce Department to provide about $1.6 billion in financing.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

While the intent may have been to show that extremism can hide in plain sight, the effect, critics of the stories argued, was normalization.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

There is no wind yet, but their intent is clear.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone