purpose

Example Sentences

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"The Home Office is not yet fit for purpose, and has been set up for failure," Mahmood said last October.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Think of it the way you might think of eggs: not as a single category, but as a spectrum of doneness, of mood, of purpose.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

A cyber security expert told Forbes last year that Max is “insecure by design to serve its purpose: people surveillance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The clause’s central purpose was to grant citizenship to newly freed slaves and their children.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

In a $600 million fund that was meant to be picking stocks, his bet was already gargantuan; but if he could raise the money explicitly for this new purpose, he could do many billions more.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis