intended
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The new amendment, he said, better reflects what voters intended.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The larger buybacks remain small relative to the Treasury market and are officially intended to support liquidity, but traders now know Washington is prepared to respond when the long end becomes sufficiently uncomfortable.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The attorneys intended for the messages to become public even if the trial ended, a person familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In addition to the $100-million settlement, GKN contributed an additional $3 million to a fund intended to help those affected by the leak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
She realized belatedly that he intended for her to take it.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
The online star, who has more than 20m YouTube subscribers, intendeds to sue Paradise for defamation for the "irreparable damages" to his reputation.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2021
The setting is Naples, and old philosopher Don Alfonso bets the boys that their intendeds are fallible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2014
Her sketch of a sojourn upon the Lioness Range is not tempting: young gentlemen who intend leading brides to the deadly peninsula should hide the book from their fair intendeds.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?'
From Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
