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target

[tahr-git] / ˈtɑr gɪt /


VERB
aim an attack at
Synonyms


VERB
direct a message to
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
pitch to


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Those showed the Fed’s short-term interest-rate target, the federal-funds rate, topping 4% this year and staying there through 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Though sometimes the target is a single vehicle, authorities have also uncovered larger theft operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Now the target is to build the team," De Zerbi said.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Researchers are also exploring combination therapies that target several immune cell populations at once, while continuing to investigate unresolved questions about how macrophages should be classified.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Masha followed Zhenya Timofeyeva steadily through the chaotic sky toward the target where they were supposed to drop their bombs.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It said the council was "broadly on track" to meet its 2030 net zero targets, stating that its carbon emissions have been reduced by around 60%.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Admissions by Saudi authorities of civilian targets being hit are relatively rare.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Earlier this year, Walmart was behind on the automation targets it laid out in 2023, when investors and journalists toured its Brooksville automation test warehouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Zhykovych also revealed that Reut originally talked of two targets.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

A single shot from Mr. Flux’s camera could freeze them all, so Otto made sure to approach the clock tower from an angle where they couldn’t be seen from some high window, easy targets.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

"The findings suggest that antimicrobial properties played a role as far back as the time of the early Neanderthals and could have been used in a targeted manner," explains Siemssen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

They are also using targeted digital ads, mailers and phone calls to persuade these voters to cast ballots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Other foreign visitors have been targeted in criminal attacks on Mexico's Pacific coast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

While most of the companies targeted for the tech visa restriction were Indian, Vance called out Microsoft.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

O’Dell and Roy Lee, looking for a way to improve Cape communications, targeted the mule barn.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

One particular focus will be determining whether targeting the PPAR-alpha pathway could help protect the liver against microplastic-related damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Firmus had been targeting a market capitalization of 43.7 billion Australian dollars, equivalent to US$30.4 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But he’s also targeting her now because his previous attempt to fire her flopped.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Most of these factories use inedible offcuts from fishing because nearly every U.S. state has outlawed the targeting of whole fish for fishmeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Terrified that the Germans or the Japanese might be targeting the United States mainland, a front-page headline in the Los Angeles Times blared on July 27, “City Hunting for Source of Gas Attack.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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