objective
Example Sentences
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"Everything has to be reviewed from the ground up with one objective: zero tolerance."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The company conducted three late-stage trials: two with infant patients showed positive results, and a third that studied the medicine in adults and adolescents didn’t deliver a statistically significant outcome for its primary objective.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
The U.S. has denied that regime change in Iran is an objective of its operations.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
The Russians' lawyers challenge the indictment on the grounds that it lacks "concrete and objective facts".
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Its objective was to capture the critical railroad hub at the city of Sedan, which would break the rail network supporting the German army in France and Belgium.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.