target
Example Sentences
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They target genuine software engineers to appear credible, he said, urging firms to report suspicious job applications to the authorities.
From BBC
The Bella 1 is the third tanker to be targeted after the U.S. took control of two other very large crude carriers, the Skipper and the Centuries.
The military still lacks the multiyear funding to fully meet its production targets, prompting some officials to ask defense contractors to add more capacity on spec ahead of actual orders.
Mr. Pence and his board have set a target of $15 million from donors to finance the defecting analysts for three years, and as of Friday we hear they had raised more than $13 million.
Other projects targeted by Monday's order include the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts, Revolution Wind off Rhode Island, and the New York-area Sunrise and Empire projects.
From Barron's
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