intention
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Like Aizama and Paredes, he says he has no intention of returning to combat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The company also announced its intention to sell its biogas business in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Fortunately for the Simmons family, the library no longer charges late fees and has no intention of pursuing a 19th-century borrower’s descendants.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
FAs around the world, including some in Europe, have already confirmed their intention to support the 56-year-old.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
If registering a nostalgic sentiment of affinity was Jefferson’s main intention, Madison suggested that could be done by leaking part of the message to mutual friends.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
The challenge is less about good intentions than human nature.
From MarketWatch ● 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
His post-meeting press conference also was enlightening, even without “forward guidance” about Fed intentions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"I know what he wants to do, but you need the consent of some people," he said, adding without evidence that he questioned the intentions of some Fed policymakers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
And if trees could grin like jack-o’-lanterns with bad intentions, that’s what Paulie T. would have been doing right then.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing intention
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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