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target

[tahr-git] / ˈtɑr gɪt /


VERB
aim an attack at
Synonyms


VERB
direct a message to
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
pitch to


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Those showed the Fed’s short-term interest-rate target, the federal-funds rate, topping 4% this year and staying there through 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Though sometimes the target is a single vehicle, authorities have also uncovered larger theft operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

If scientists can determine how that mechanism works and whether it can be strengthened, it could provide a new target for therapies designed to protect vision.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Now the target is to build the team," De Zerbi said.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Dasch, in particular, was a target and often moved from town to town.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Even the kingdom’s push to become an AI hub now carries new risks, with data centers emerging as targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The newly merged company has high debt, aggressive financial targets, and integration challenges.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fast Retailing has set separate annual regional revenue targets of ¥1 trillion, or $6.33 billion, for Uniqlo’s operations in North America and Europe in about five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Workers at both factories described pressure to meet group production targets of between 300 and 700 items a day.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The helicopters had to fly too far above the reactor buildings, and the strong March winds carried most of the water they dropped—about 6,000 pounds in all—away from their targets.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

"Our findings show that it might be worthwhile to examine targeted antibiotics from ethnographic contexts - or, as in this case, from prehistoric contexts - in greater depth," concludes Siemssen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

They are also using targeted digital ads, mailers and phone calls to persuade these voters to cast ballots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Eavesdropping on children is used to track a targeted father’s arrival home in a program called “Where’s Daddy?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Other foreign visitors have been targeted in criminal attacks on Mexico's Pacific coast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Even when an Osage ward was mentioned as being alive in the log, it did not mean that he or she had not been targeted.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Hacked cameras are taking over roles in targeting, damage assessments and other combat intelligence-gathering that were previously supplied by aerial reconnaissance or on-the-ground spies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Steve Keim, a former general manager of the Arizona Cardinals, says he was a victim of an alleged e-commerce scam targeting NFL players.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

But he’s also targeting her now because his previous attempt to fire her flopped.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Most of these factories use inedible offcuts from fishing because nearly every U.S. state has outlawed the targeting of whole fish for fishmeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Every noise woke her, and Chaol hadn’t yet discovered who might be targeting the Champions one by one.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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