purposefully

Example Sentences

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“We don’t have any evidence that China purposefully has shaped training data already,” Roberts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

If we had, it might have come with a purposefully incomprehensible slogan, absent any sound or fury but definitely signifying nothing.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

The federal agencies which calculate inflation also publish “core” versions of their indices which purposefully exclude items such as food or energy because their prices change quickly.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

To visually represent the protagonist's mental breakdown without making the single-room setting feel static, Chuprina says that he purposefully changed the camera lenses as the story progressed.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

He came slowly and purposefully, as though the crowd were not there.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt