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
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
Others maintain the spheres were intentionally designed—though it’s unclear to what end.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 5, 2023
The tulips along the border are redder than ever, opening, no longer wine cups but chalices; thrusting themselves up, to what end?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
