meant

Example Sentences

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At first, he was happy to keep the fallen trees from being cut into stumps, turned into mulch or sent to landfills, even if that meant just selling the wood as lumber.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

"The second one shows global mild stranding of the mesenteric fat - that meant widespread abdominal inflammation".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“I want to believe what he meant is we will destroy the regime. I don’t think we can accept any destruction, total or partial, of Iranian civilization.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021, Camp As Sayliyah was meant to serve as a safe way station for Afghans who worked with the U.S. and applied to come to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Trying to correct it meant I was taking her side.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam