desired
Example Sentences
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When the producers didn’t get the take they desired, they’d film it again — and again and again.
From Los Angeles Times
Practitioners of Obeah, a belief system from the Gold Coast, for instance, believed that spirits and magical objects could “help bring about desired outcomes” such as “healing, protection, recovery, threat, and harm.”
But, with the recent fall in exports, the hike in the price paid to producers has not had the desired effect.
From Barron's
Arteta cannot be accused of letting this game pass him by with a quadruple change when the score was 2-1 to United, but the substitutions never gave Arsenal the control of the match he desired.
From BBC
The process resembles sculpting, where material is carefully removed from a solid block until the desired form is achieved.
From Science Daily
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