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intentness

noun as in absorption

noun as in engrossment

noun as in enthrallment

noun as in involvement

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In a statement Thursday evening, Toomey said Congress’s intent with the Cares Act made clear the programs were meant to be temporary.

Chairman Ajit Pai wrote in a statement Wednesday that “one would have to be rather naïve to think that this was not done with the intent to cause harm,” and pointed to angry complaints the actual owner of the phone number received.

The technology is there to understand what the consumer’s intent is and how to fulfill that.

While we’ve made some changes, our core driving mantra has always been to preserve the spirit and intent of the original creators.

Since they were no longer in custody, Border Patrol began attending their court hearings, with the intent of arresting them at the conclusion of their hearings and deport them, according to the court order.

"Yes," said Maud Barrington, noticing the sudden intentness of his pallid face.

It seized with intentness on each thing in turn, which was part of his life at the moment, and gave it an abnormal significance.

Meg, the fortune-teller, remained where he had left her several moments watching him with a strange, catlike intentness.

And why did that Malay waiting at table stare with such disagreeable intentness at him, Fabio?

He ate with relish, the guard watching him in the meantime with cat-like intentness and holding his spear in instant readiness.

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On this page you'll find 449 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intentness, such as: concentration, captivation, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, and fascination.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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