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intent

[in-tent] / ɪnˈtɛnt /


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With 11 days between games, McVay, his staff and the players are intent on avoiding a repeat performance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 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

"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

But such a war would be putty in the hands of international judges if they were to adopt a vaguer standard that allows genocidal intent to be inferred “holistically” from “facts and circumstances.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

“A mixture; but to all intents and purposes they’re the same thing now,” said Lupin.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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