desired
Example Sentences
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Daphne du Maurier described seeing the old boatyard at Bodinnick, near Fowey, for the first time at the age of 19 as: "Here was the freedom I desired, long sought for, not yet known."
From BBC
By targeting sperm metabolism with an inhibitor based, nonhormonal approach, it may be possible to temporarily disable sperm function when desired while minimizing unwanted effects.
From Science Daily
There are some researchers and developers working with augmented reality, so if you’re wearing their glasses with an AR display, they will navigate you to your desired location.
He was always prepared to gamble in order to get a desired outcome and felt it was why he enjoyed so many late successes in his stellar career.
From BBC
"Such controllability is essential for real applications, where reliable selection and reproduction of a desired stated are crucial for practical information encoding."
From Science Daily
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