purposeful
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On the job, Greenspan was a known abstruse speaker who admitted that his opaque, twisting rhetoric was a purposeful strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
They know that a full-out nuclear war would end civilization, so the risk isn’t so much a purposeful sneak attack by one country against one or two of the others, it’s a miscalculation.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
The country's official motto for 2026 is "Independent neutral Turkmenistan is the homeland of purposeful winged horses".
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
All of this was purposeful in response to a very dark moment in the actor’s life and career.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
She was normally so sure, so certain, so snappy and purposeful.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Vocabulary lists containing purposeful
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"A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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