to what end
Example Sentences
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“You wonder, to what end? Is the money worth it?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025
But how much time, and to what end?
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
He’s a human being who served his country, but to what end?
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2023
"If you think they have any leverage, it is leverage to what end?" said Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank focused on labor issues.
From Reuters • Oct. 9, 2023
There are academics, of course, who study what we already know, but to what end?
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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