aim
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Instead of focusing only on removing amyloid plaques, future treatments might aim to preserve beneficial early microglial activity or influence the transition between different microglial states.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
"Our priority, our thinking, our aim is for your lives, to save your lives and protect inhabited areas," Sanchez told reporters in the village of Cenicientos in the fire zone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Yes, some experts now say Americans should aim to save enough to cover a year’s worth of expenses, but the financial cushion you built was in line with what any certified financial professional would advise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
But Ms. Finley is shooting the messenger when she takes aim at TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
They pop up and disappear so fast, taking good aim is next to impossible.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Sahlberg's work aims to create the scientific foundation needed to extract these resources domestically while also developing new functional magnets.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although the federal plan aims to slow the decline of Lake Powell, it may not be enough to prevent the loss of hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam as water levels continue dropping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ubisoft aims to slash its costs by at least 200 million euros in two years, on top of 300 million already targeted in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The sovereign-wealth fund has tripled its hedge-fund investments over the past decade and aims to build on this track record, it said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Isabel lays in my aims a tiny boy, gasping his own first breaths with lusty cries.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Its initiative was always aimed at pleasing an audience of one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
This Saturday, though, their focus was aimed at ICE.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
An upgrade package introduced by McLaren this weekend, their first since Miami, is the fruit of work aimed at correcting course, and the first signs are positive.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
His truck, selling hot dogs, empanadas and fried shrimp, runs on rechargeable batteries as part of a city pilot aimed at cutting harmful noise and air pollution by harnessing electric energy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Brown did not end Jim Crow; a mass movement had to emerge first—one that aimed to create a new public consensus opposed to the evils of Jim Crow.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
The firm had been aiming to close the deal by September but agreed to table its takeover — perhaps until next spring — to allow a fiercer than expected challenge from California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
SLB is aiming to become an industrial-technology partner to the data-center industry, it said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Google parent raised its capital expenditure outlook for the year by $15 billion, to between $195 billion and $205 billion, aiming to accelerate its pace of capacity delivery to meet growing demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
With the additional funds, Dangote said the company is aiming to reduce "Africa's reliance on imported refined products" and strengthen the "continent's energy security."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nearby, Ivo’s mech comes hurtling toward us, aiming straight for Roshan.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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