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“We have some case law which says they can void a real-estate transaction if it’s done for the purpose of avoiding recovery. But this was an expansion beyond that,” Rowan said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Besides, the purpose isn’t to erase every last bit of cooking.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Some families of people killed during the Troubles have hit back at comments by the Northern Ireland secretary that he was worried "some people have misunderstood the purpose" of the Troubles' legacy bill.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

There was a palpable unified purpose among those who gathered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then she said, “I once suggested to a group of wild animals that my purpose might simply be to help others.”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

Except it can be tricky determining when an influencer’s business is up and active for tax purposes.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Cleveland Police said: "At the current time, there is no evidence to indicate that filming of the activities that took place on Friday night and Saturday morning has taken place for the purposes of TikTok."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The study's data and AI models may also support the design of synthetic promoters, sequences that can switch genes on or off, with functions tailored for specific purposes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

"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

I thought about how those weighty biology texts that I had used to press flowers or smooth bent photographs had served other purposes for her.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

The deal with Activision also means Microsoft will own its studio solely purposed for mobile games, with hopes of expanding on the successes of titles such as Candy Crush.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023

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

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 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

If we are purposing to rebuild the fallen ideals of our own day, and so reconstruct our common life, can we do better than stand near this man for guidance and inspiration?

From The Whole Armour of God by John Henry Jowett

I’ve been purposing all along to have a Welsh rarebit and make some cloudbursts and I’m still going to do it.

From Molly Brown's College Friends by Nell Speed

Mr. ah—Brockway; I understand that you are purposing to take the party to ah—Feather Plume or ah—Silver Feather, or some such place to-day, and I ah—protest!

From A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde