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objective

[uhb-jek-tiv] / əbˈdʒɛk tɪv /




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"Our objective is to provide farmers with uniform, high-yielding, good-quality planting material rather than thousands of different unnamed trees," Karunakaran says.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Yet the Padres and Angels sold before their owners found out whether they could secure the salary cap the league insists is a primary objective in collective bargaining.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

When mediocrity is the core objective of an extremely powerful company like this one, success hinges on turning the once-discerning viewer into a machine cog as mindless as one of Netflix’s baffling originals.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

“We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do,” Warsh said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Now he moved up and he could see the clump of trees, the one tree like an umbrella, Lee’s objective, and then it was gone in smoke.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

But those were not the US objectives when starting the war.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

This might be Anaheim’s last, best chance at satisfying those objectives.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Its sweeping observations are also expected to support many discoveries beyond those central objectives.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

“However, that progress has not been enough to meet our objectives for Canadians.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Hearing this type of talk confused me even more about the objectives of all I was learning.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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