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Bradley Cooper’s two previous efforts as director — “A Star Is Born” and “Maestro” — had the air of purposeful masterworks, looking to make bold, sweeping statements about life and art.

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Encourage relationship-building by organizing purposeful activities that help teams and the groups that support them get to know each other better.

Use turf grass to mark the space you’ll use for throwing Frisbees and having parties, but allow the rest of your land to do something more beautiful and purposeful.

Yes, I was pragmatic, but I was also purposeful.

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The ambiguity may be purposeful to give the Chinese side flexibility during negotiations with the U.S.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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