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intents

NOUN

aim, purpose

Synonyms

WEAK

acceptation animus bottom line conation design desire drift end goal heart hope idea import intendment meaning meat name of the game nature notion nub nuts and bolts object objective plan point project purport scheme score sense significance significancy signification target understanding volition will wish

Example Sentences

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In other words, for all intents and purposes Mr. Burger was a third author.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

For EPB, this is the standout leading indicator of the economy’s wellbeing and to all intents and purposes, “housing is the business cycle”.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

The two women — complete strangers, for all intents and purposes — are jittery around each other until they discover how much they have in common.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Hulu, for all intents and purposes, will exist only in ghost form.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 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