- plural of objective.
objectives
Example Sentences
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That university was never built, but the need for its proposed objectives never ceased.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Another source of savings - £600m per year on average - comes from "Treasury support for ongoing international objectives and more efficient defence procurement".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
While the commission broadly backed the bill’s environmental objectives, it questioned parts of the proposal, including how ultrafast fashion would be defined, the new obligations placed on online marketplaces and the advertising ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Hemani instead insists that courts examine not merely whether two laws share a surface characteristic but whether they target the same conduct, pursue the same objectives, and operate in roughly the same way.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
It appeared that on the same night I had learned about one of writing’s objectives, irony, I would also be introduced to one of its pitfalls: the Plot Hole.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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