intent
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The arrest also comes just after the restaurant announced its intent to restart business inside the building that houses Maggie’s Pub in Whittier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
However, eloping couples could pop over the border and be married simply by stating their intent in front of witnesses - usually at the blacksmiths.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
This mocks the intent of the push to end Unifil, given force by the U.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But is the intent to mobilize the public’s power, or to recruit their viewership?
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
There is no wind yet, but their intent is clear.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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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 all intents and purposes, the Strait of Hormuz is still essentially closed.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
The entire stock market will soon become, for all intents and purposes, the meme-stock market, and your retirement accounts are at the mercy of their whims.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
“While you can claim that the comments by the vice mayor doesn’t represent the city of Cudahy, for all intents and purposes, it really does,” said Brian Heyman, of Downey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
To all intents and purposes, Earth now was dead; they had been away from it for three or four years.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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Vocabulary lists containing intent
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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19th Amendment (1920)
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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