intended

Example Sentences

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Incumbent Larry Taylor planned to run again, but dropped out once Middleton made it clear he intended to challenge him.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

"These letters are probably intended to have more of a deterrent effect - stop this or else."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

It was not intended as a passage for travel, but as a way to maintain consistency between gravity and quantum physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

The Federal Emergency Management Agency had refused repeatedly to pay for post-cleanup soil testing and broke from long-standing California fire recovery protocols that are intended to protect returning residents from toxic substances.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Washington wore the uniform during his time in Philadelphia, and it had the intended effect, as John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis