purposefully
Example Sentences
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Oil producers didn’t purposefully create this architecture to benefit the U.S.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
It was purposefully about opening the floodgates, that Bob Baker could be more than just the person of Bob Baker.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The agency previously prided itself on the program’s impartiality and, in an effort to protect its science from the influence of industry, purposefully kept the program separate from the agency offices that craft regulation.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
The federal agencies which calculate inflation also publish “core” versions of their indices which purposefully exclude items such as food or energy because their prices change quickly.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
The office grows suddenly quiet as two Gestapo agents stride purposefully through the office door.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
