purpose

Translation: This Vision has a purpose beyond figuring out his role in this world, something he put off by hiding in a pub under the alias of Sherwood Ellis and posing as human.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

But for Welch, the purpose of this brunch wasn’t to hobnob with a celebrity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

His family said he will be remembered "for his belief that stories can help people heal, find purpose, and create change."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The test’s purpose is to make a shared vulnerability visible before deciding whether the rest of the portfolio provides enough protection against it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Well, I did come in here with a purpose, not just to distract you all,” he adds, in a voice loud enough so everyone can hear.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Public health officials say there is no conclusive scientific evidence that supports using cat’s claw for any health purposes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It mandates that owners of the nearly 200 horses would not be allowed to sell them for slaughter or for the purposes of other horse-carriage businesses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Meta announced the creation of a non-voting Class C stock that it plans to use for potential deals, capital raises, employee compensation and other purposes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

But open-weight models like those released by Chinese companies can be more easily altered and optimized by users for nefarious purposes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They used fire to clear space for other purposes too.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

Accordingly I turned myself about, purposing to acquaint Billy with what I had discovered, and to come again, either with him or alone, with sufficient light to hold out to the end.

From Palm Tree Island by Herbert Strang

Most of the company were to go up in the early boat: purposing to return in the evening by the railroad.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

I am only purposing to allow you, for the time being, a share in the care, Mrs. Busby.

From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner