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intend

[in-tend] / ɪnˈtɛnd /


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He also said he did not intend to shoot Thongchai, whom he described as a "good friend".

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

They intend to recommend a path forward in this fall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

He also plans to lend his own campaign $1 million, which seems like the sort of thing you do if you intend to gut it out.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Not everyone can keep working, even if some — like this reader — intend to do so well into their 70s.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

“Did you intend to hold him until the sun fully rose?”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

The state intends to sublet space to startups that might not have the wherewithal to commit to long-term leases.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Real estate developer Edward P. Roski, one of the Lakers’ other known minority owners, has not disclosed whether he intends to sell his 3% stake in the team.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The company intends to start delivering more than 50% of cumulative free cash flow back to shareholders, whereas its previous target called for “within 50%.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The agency intends to rescind a 2001 rule that blocked most development and timber harvesting in certain national forests, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The story ran across the country, “Kate Fox Jencken … intends to co-operate with her sister—Margaretta Fox Kane—in her proposed exposé of the fraudulent methods of so-called spiritualism.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Scott originally intended only to produce this one, a film built around a female friendship that hardly seemed an obvious fit for him as a director.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

West and the child’s genetic and intended parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed of California, dispute what happened next.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

The changes are also intended to save money by reducing duplication and cutting administrative costs.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Targeted adjustments to the welfare system based on regional differences are also intended to tackle the country’s mental-health crisis, one of the leading causes of youth inactivity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Hans and Sophie realized that the court intended to make an example out of them and that they could expect the death sentence.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Recently, I went to the grocery store intending, more or less, to buy ingredients for spaghetti with a weeknight Bolognese.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

The Wiener campaign described it as “the world’s first AI trained to say no to anything you ask,” intending to highlight her record on housing, transit, and other issues.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

Warsh came to the Fed intending to change how it communicates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

One couple who were already married had even attempted to present themselves as an intending pair before being detected and removed from the programme, he said.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

“Everything,” I said, intending to go on, but my tongue only licked the backs of my teeth, tasting the word everything.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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