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intent

[in-tent] / ɪnˈtɛnt /


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After their jog, Gallardo told Barrio Athletics runners that he had no ill intent when he chose Leimert Park.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

French drone company Harmattan AI separately signed a letter of intent with Iraq's defence ministry concerning autonomous air-defence systems.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Under past ICJ cases, genocidal intent can be proved directly through evidence of a “genocidal plan” or inferred from a “pattern of conduct.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

"These scenes have caused disruption for people and, given that people are dressed in black wearing balaclavas, there is a fear factor and obvious malign intent being communicated to our residents," she said.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

I’m in the zone, so intent on what I’m doing that I don’t hear them call my name.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

You know what other “Toy Story” character is, for all intents and purposes, a dog?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Chief executive Dan Finley told the BBC earlier this week it would "operate to all intents and purposes as Debenhams Group".

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

He was forty, out of baseball, and, for all intents and purposes, out of life.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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