intent

There is careful specificity and intent in every word said and unsaid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The leaders also underlined their "intent to deepen bilateral and multilateral cooperation" on defence and security, the joint statement said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

So many people I've spoken to in France since Saturday's riots emphasise the importance in making a clear distinction between angry but peaceful protestors, and those intent on wreaking violent havoc.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

This frontier, it turns out, is both geographic — as embodied by the ever-expanding borders of a nation intent on colonizing and conquering much of the continent — and psychological.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

There was fire in his eyes, and his open nostril quivered with intent.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

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

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

For all intents and purposes they may as well be nouns; in this example, going may as well be the noun departure.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner