purpose

There was a palpable unified purpose among those who gathered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The vessel was discovered within a Spanish-made structure whose purpose has not yet been determined.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

But Moylan says that's not the purpose of the scheme, which exists for anyone who might feel like they don't have quite enough money to pay for a new book.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

“He brought energy, humor, warmth and a strong sense of purpose to his work, and his impact was felt far beyond the stations he led.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Generating electricity is the whole purpose of the reactor, but cooling it is equally important.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

"With this operation, we achieve two purposes: one, environment cleanup, and second, recover rare earths as a valuable byproduct," said Lance Lin, director of the WVU Rare Earth Elements Initiative.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Patent and Trademark Office for “KPop Demon Hunters” for merchandise purposes starting in August 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In emerging quantum technologies, questions like this bring together two branches of physics that were developed for very different purposes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

"Please don't put these coins in, if you want to do something with your coin stick it in the charity box and we can use that money for good purposes," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The gleaming steel instruments in the examination room looked like tools Terrance Randall might have ordered from the blacksmith for sinister purposes.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

QCi said Monday that the foundry, “currently purposed for research and development and prototyping,” had begun to generate early revenue, though contributions weren’t broken out in the report.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

If the purposed minimum pay rate does go through, it'll be the first of its kind nationwide.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023

“I stood next to the job for four years. I purposed to be ready every day for four years,” Pence said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

“There are no awards. There are no winners or losers tonight. It’s just our passion that makes our heart beat faster. It makes our life so much more greatly purposed with joy and fulfillment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

I do not know how, purposed with so high & noble Aims, we end thus in Ruin.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

As ProPublica detailed in 2016, several state court systems have adopted a proprietary software that purports to put a probability on recidivism for sentencing purposing.

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2021

I read with my watch upon the table, purposing to close my book at eleven o’clock.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Stark sailed in the Adventuress before sundown of the same day, purposing to fetch a surgeon from Port Moresby.

From The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance

I kept them, purposing to see what would emerge, but nothing has rewarded my watch, and they seem now to be shrivelling up.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson

We therefore very unwillingly left the disorder as we found it, purposing to devote time to the work afterward.

From The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Jean Rudolph Wyss