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objective

[uhb-jek-tiv] / əbˈdʒɛk tɪv /




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If history is anything to go by, the Tigers may already have gone a long way towards securing their most important objective of the 2025-26 season - preserving their top-flight status.

From BBC Sep. 5, 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

In a speech at the Jackson Hole economic symposium, Warsh said: “We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

The basics of the forager economy can be reconstructed with some confidence based on quantifiable and objective factors.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

But minutes before a deadline for a deal, Carney said that while "important progress" had been made in the talks it was "not enough to meet our objectives for Canadians".

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Doody explains that he has two objectives: to help those afflicted with leprosy and to raise public awareness of the disease.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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