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intend

[in-tend] / ɪnˈtɛnd /


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On Friday morning, customers crowded into a costume shop in Paris, but manager Didier Jarsale said it was not his job to "ask every customer what they intend to do with what they buy."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We disagree with the claims and intend to defend this case fully,” Anthropic said in a statement.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The central bank’s business survey indicates a larger share of companies intend to recoup added costs through price increases in the next 12 months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"In no way did any of us intend by our involvement to endorse any political party or any individual candidate," Joensen said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

‘These here—what you intend to do with them?’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

He is currently planning a world tour, and as a proud Welshman, he intends to put on some of the shows in Wales.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Officials with the mayor’s office said she intends to sign the ordinance as soon as possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Snap intends to argue that it is different from other apps like Meta's Instagram and Facebook because of Snapchat's focus on primarily being a messaging platform.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

As part of the deepened collaboration, Meta intends to increase the deployment of Nvidia infrastructure, including Vera Rubin and Vera central processing units, for next-generation AI agents, the companies said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

I am about to ask her exactly how often she intends to throw up in the future when the truck surges forward.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Sytner says he intended for the trip to be a reunion and a photo shoot, not a verification, adding about the car, “I feel very confident in its provenance.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the state’s system for identifying and responding to potential misconduct functioned as intended.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Create a budget for current and anticipated expenses, including your financial goals and intended care plan.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

If BFT needs claudin-4 to attach to colon cells, perhaps a substitute could lure the toxin away from its intended target.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

“No. My mother will be here any minute,” I say, my voice louder than I intended.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

"We had, really without intending to, created a mouse that produced these classic lesions of Alexander disease," Messing says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

A planning application was then prepared for a smaller-scale venture including about 30 bird and animal enclosures, with Wale not intending to live onsite.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

According to the initial findings of investigators, the suspect entered Poland from Germany overnight Wednesday-Thursday, intending to travel on to Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Mr. Riley’s footnote on this malapropism: “Surely Hastert is intending to say ‘algorithms.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

She’s in jeans and a billowy shirt—obviously not intending to go to the revel.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black


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