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[in-tent] / ɪnˈtɛnt /


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In many states, if a person or their spouse needs to live in the home, or if the person expresses an intent to return home, the residence can remain exempt while determining eligibility.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

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

The charges didn’t explicitly allege that Left made overt false statements, only that his tweeting and trading revealed an intent to manipulate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Nearly a month later, Kean participated in a telephone interview with the New Jersey Globe and reiterated his intent to run for re-election and return to public life.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

But biophysicists were intent on restoring a rigidly mechanistic description to biology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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