intention
Example Sentences
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“To know what you want to do next you have to have the intention, but you also have to fill yourself up,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Our intention is to rebuild a complementary economy with Venezuela.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Most historians are concentrating on the birth itself, when 13 disparate colonies along the east coast of North America declared their intention to separate from Great Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
There should be some weight and intention behind it, some larger explanation that can be used to justify the term’s use.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
They respond to the age of exploration and discovery, but only with the intention of preserving and protecting the conceptual apparatus of traditional philosophy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing intention
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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