purposefully

Example Sentences

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Oil producers didn’t purposefully create this architecture to benefit the U.S.

From Barron's • May 27, 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

The evidence presented at trial that executives purposefully designed the platforms to be addictive was weak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

When I put the envelope in her letter box, I turn and walk purposefully away, just like everywhere else, but her voice finds me from up above, at her window.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak