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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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Another is Bernstein’s Mark Newman, who recently raised his price target to $3,000 from $1,700, also citing the new paradigm in how agreements for memory are constructed.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

But the rest of his secondary pitch mix has been a moving target.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Jefferies downgrades DBI to hold, from buy, while lifting its price target by 5.2% to A$5.51/share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

It last week initiated coverage by its financial analysts and put a target share price, external on the company of $300, a 33% jump from its highest trading price to date.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

As Larisa glided toward the target, she could see the white cottages and the dark treetops of Krymskaya’s orchards below her.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The French foreign ministry added that among the sanctioned targets was "a group that claimed destabilising actions against the Paris 2024 Olympics."

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

The targets included an institute specialized in sensitive technologies backed by the minister of defense, networks of the defense and foreign affairs ministries, and an entity in France’s judicial sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

It targets Latino and multi-ethnic areas as part of its declared mission to eliminate disparities in health care access.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Dyke set the England team two targets: reach the semis of Euro in 2020 and win the World Cup in 2022.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

We were warned that we could be targets, and for weeks we carefully hauled our mail packages to the federal courthouse for X-ray screenings before opening them.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Among those targeted by Iran were Qatar, a mediator in ceasefire talks which had not been attacked since April, and the UAE, which had not been attacked since May.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

France said it was repeatedly targeted by attacks, going back to at least 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Two ships "illegally" transiting the strait "were targeted and stopped by warning shots fired by the navy of the Revolutionary Guards," said a correspondent on national television based near the strait.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

"Telmisartan has several distinct anticancer effects that, together with targeted therapy, could make tumors more responsive to distinct types of treatments," Curiel said.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

We need more targeted research, more mission-oriented science.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Porter's discovery is part of Aldi's $9bn US expansion plan to add 800 new stores over five years, specifically targeting dense urban hubs like Manhattan.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Human trials would also be required before any treatment targeting HTR2B could enter routine use.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Blanche vowed to secure subpoenas specifically targeting the records of reporters who have worked on sensitive national-security stories, one official said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Other administrations have been accused of targeting foreign leaders before.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

As they got closer, Nico spotted Octavian furiously re-adjusting the machine’s targeting levers.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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