objective
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The dissenters said the first step toward achieving that objective would be to start raising interest rates incrementally.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Kate O'Connor's objective heading into the Commonwealth Games was clear.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
He added, however, that PayPal remains “open and objective in evaluating opportunities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
"The shared objective is to strengthen the competitiveness of the sports car manufacturer and secure as many jobs as possible in the long term," the company said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
It didn’t treat Mormonism as the objective of human history, but neither did it discount the contribution Mormonism had made in grappling with the questions of the age.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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"Together, these two agreements lay the legal foundation for a decades-long, multi-billion-dollar partnership that advances several priority economic and strategic objectives, including nuclear nonproliferation," the department said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
While militarily, the Americans were achieving their objectives, as measured in Iranian ships, planes and targets destroyed and defence capabilities degraded, politically the conflict was far from resolved.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
That university was never built, but the need for its proposed objectives never ceased.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said, “Secretary Hegseth ensured his message was aligned with the president’s objectives and agenda, and he did not want to impede upon the president’s decision space.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
There will be designated interstellar objectives, and sooner or later our spacecraft will have human crews.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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