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intend

[in-tend] / ɪnˈtɛnd /


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“If I just took apart this trigger and put it on a printer, how is anyone, computer or human, going to tell me how I intend to use it?” he asked.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Voters may temporarily cast ballots using an address where they do not reside, so long as they intend to return.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

“There will be a case down the road where someone says, ‘I did not intend for this to be recorded and you are using it in some way to harm me.’”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

They also intend to develop new technologies for measuring neural activity to better understand how feedback loops emerge and coordinate different levels of brain processing.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

“I don’t intend to stay here long, anyway. I’ll slip off and take a journey somewhere, and when Grandpa misses me he’ll come round fast enough.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

It added that he had obtained a visa to enter the US and that he intends to perform in Miami later in the day.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

He has not said where he intends to play next season.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The German was criticised for his substitutions as England squandered a 1-0 lead late on, but says he intends to stay to lead the Three Lions into Euro 2028.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. giant intends to strike a deal with Delivery Hero as soon as this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

They say he intends to remake the Austrian town of Linz into an empyrean city, the cultural capital of the world.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

“They’re really intended to either alleviate some of the capacity constraints in the gas station that exists at the warehouse today or we just can’t get a gas station on the same premises,” Millerchip said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

With its exhaustive narrative breadth and action set pieces that only a budget of a cool $250 million could afford, the fact that “The Odyssey” exists at all is intended to feel like a miracle.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

"Bryson has been penalised two strokes for inadvertently improving the area of his intended swing, so the intended backswing on the fifth hole when he was playing his second shot," a R&A spokesperson told reporters.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

From what I’ve read, bankruptcy is generally intended for more severe financial situations involving lawsuits, wage garnishments or collection actions.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

“Katherine, those teen sessions really aren’t intended for siblings of adoptees,” she said.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

That paper gain was a financial curse for families intending to stay put: While real income remained flat, tax bills went up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

They both pleaded guilty on the basis they recklessly accessed the systems without intending to do so.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Santa Clara County officials said they weren’t notified last year when the federal government, intending to build a facility for U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

After initially intending to remain fully online, Everlane opened a physical store in Soho in 2017, and later added 10 more locations around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

Ang Dorje and Lhakpa Chhiri left Camp Four and started climbing toward the South Summit with a thermos of hot tea and two extra canisters of oxygen, intending to rescue Hall.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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