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objective

[uhb-jek-tiv] / əbˈdʒɛk tɪv /




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The company said the late-stage study for its pelacarsen drug missed its primary objective of reducing the risk of cardiovascular events like death, heart attack and stroke compared with placebo.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

If history is anything to go by, the Tigers may already have gone a long way towards securing their most important objective of the 2025-26 season - preserving their top-flight status.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Yet the Padres and Angels sold before their owners found out whether they could secure the salary cap the league insists is a primary objective in collective bargaining.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

When mediocrity is the core objective of an extremely powerful company like this one, success hinges on turning the once-discerning viewer into a machine cog as mindless as one of Netflix’s baffling originals.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

Their main objective is to draw the Union Army out into the open where it can be destroyed.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

This might be Anaheim’s last, best chance at satisfying those objectives.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Its sweeping observations are also expected to support many discoveries beyond those central objectives.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Voluntary exchange allows people with different values and objectives to cooperate without forcing them into a single national plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

But minutes before a deadline for a deal, Carney said that while "important progress" had been made in the talks it was "not enough to meet our objectives for Canadians".

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The ANC was a mass liberation movement that welcomed all those with the same objectives.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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