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[in-tent] / ɪnˈtɛnt /


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Clément Delangue, Hugging Face’s chief executive, said he believed there was no malicious intent.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Sharing a federal law enforcement officer’s personal information is generally not considered a crime without evidence of criminal intent, a historically high bar in court, according to constitutional scholars and defense attorneys.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

City were defeated on penalties by Inter Milan in Maresca's first game in charge in Hong Kong, but the side demonstrated the attacking intent the new boss will deploy after replacing Pep Guardiola.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

As historian Joseph Ellis records of the Framers: “It is richly ironic that one of the few original intentions they all shared was opposition to any judicial doctrine of ‘original intent.’

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

Then I stood up, intent on winning my freedom.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

By Sony’s gauge, the game disc, for all intents and purposes, has been dead with audiences for a while.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Yet David craves Monica’s maternal affection as if he were real — and for all intents and purposes, he is.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

For EPB, this is the standout leading indicator of the economy’s wellbeing and to all intents and purposes, “housing is the business cycle”.

From MarketWatch Feb. 18, 2026

The two women — complete strangers, for all intents and purposes — are jittery around each other until they discover how much they have in common.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2025

I don’t know how to explain to her that, for all intents and purposes, I’m already taken.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli




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