goal
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What it shows is inflation persisting well above the central bank’s 2% goal for the sixth year running.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Kurosawa is also of two minds regarding what he frequently hears from Japanese film students, that their goal is getting into top festivals, winning awards and securing global recognition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He hasn’t come close to achieving either goal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Both sides described the meeting as positive, with Netanyahu saying it touched on "our common goal: ensuring that Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons".
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
I watch the whole thing in motion—everybody busy; hundreds of kids banding together, working side by side to accomplish a single, worthwhile goal.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
After that, many financial planners recommend steadily contributing to this emergency account, while tending to your other saving and investing goals, until the balance is large enough to cover six months of expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
A taxable brokerage can also help grow your money for financial goals that are more than 10 years out — a big vacation, a car, a new roof or home renovation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The AI programs are following goals set by humans, in this case finding an answer to a question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It doesn't matter who, as long as the goals come.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
In 1703 Newton became President of the Royal Society and drew up a scheme to define its goals.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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