intent
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Intent on ensuring that China leapfrogs the U.S. as the world’s pre-eminent power, Xi Jinping recently made the gutsy and perhaps counterintuitive decision to invest massively in an arena of American strength—basic research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Intent has been the polestar for the evolution of secondary liability—and especially the contributory liability theory—in copyright law.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025
Intent on establishing herself, at the earliest opportunity, as one of Britain's greatest ever athletes, the four-time European champion's shifting reaction to each second-place finish has told its own story.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
Intent on minimizing the scandal surrounding Josh, the Duggar family agreed to an interview with the then-Fox News personality.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023
Intent and serious, Nokomis filled her red stone pipe with tobacco.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Vocabulary lists containing intent
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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19th Amendment (1920)
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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