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aim

[eym] / eɪm /




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Pate said the government would send a bill to the National Assembly to push forward with the decriminalisation plan, with the aim of reducing suicide deaths and attempts by 15 percent by 2030.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

England will aim for a 3-0 clean sweep of Pakistan in the third Test at Edgbaston, beginning on 9 September.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Scientists aim to find some of those with a cutting-edge instrument built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

The new institution will aim to prepare people to take on a range of positions at NASA, in military space agencies and the private sector, according to the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

I remove the cap from Danny’s camera and aim.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

Dyson aims to convince consumers to swap out their analog toothbrushes and dental floss for a $499 machine—as well as a special nonfoaming Dyson toothpaste.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The gathering aims to grapple with challenges such as climate change, drug crime, and the Chinese test-firing of a ballistic missile in July that landed in the Pacific Ocean.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

Those observations will inform an aspirational future mission — the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which aims to view Earth-like planets more than 1 billion times dimmer than their host stars.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

The scheme, external aims to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Ray unwinds the hose from the side of the house and aims the nozzle at the door, and I turn the water on.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has previously vetoed some bills aimed at adding restrictions on Silicon Valley businesses, will still have to weigh in on whether to sign the pieces of legislation into law.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Pezeshkian told the summit that if the United States returns to the deal aimed at ending months of hostilities, Iran "will immediately take reciprocal action", according to the Iranian presidency's website.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

The government's £300m Great British Summer Savings scheme aimed to help families with the cost of the summer holidays.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

The material functions both as a sustained-release drug delivery system and as a viscosupplement, meaning it could potentially improve joint lubrication while simultaneously delivering treatments aimed at the underlying disease.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

How he aimed around them and over their heads.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Fire Point, Ukraine’s biggest maker of long-range drones, is aiming to produce 300 of its FP-1 model a day, around eight times more than last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Peru's Buse, who is ranked 36th in the world, will be aiming to win his second title of the season after beating Tommy Paul at the ATP 500 event in Hamburg in May.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Amusing and brightly satirical as this turn of events is, it begins to feel more like a tempest in a teapot than the sustainable story engine Hirons was aiming for.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Warsh is leading a review to reduce the central bank’s roughly $6.7 trillion–to–$6.8 trillion balance sheet, aiming to lower asset holdings while avoiding disruptions to funding markets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

The problem was that Inej was no longer certain what she was aiming for.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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