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intent

[in-tent] / ɪnˈtɛnt /


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The defendants on trial in France have been charged with criminal conspiracy and intent to commit an offence, while some of them are also charged with theft of an exhibited cultural object.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. Romm complicates matters further by adding quotes from other sources to Stobaeus’ selections, diluting the book’s ability to show us the anthologist’s true intent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Apple needs to “evolve Siri into an agent that understands intent, retrieves context, calls apps and completes workflows,” Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote in a note last week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

"I think it's pretty clear that there's an intent to be more expansive and more accurate," Tigers and England full-back Freddie Steward told BBC Radio Leicester.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Hadn’t Jesus—and here my reading became intent indeed—hadn’t Jesus been defeated as utterly and unarguably as our little group and our small plans had been?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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