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purpose

Definition for purpose

noun as in persistence, resolve

noun as in use

verb as in intend, set sights on

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But they will probably expect measurable progress in the near future, especially given that this is the second tax measure county voters have passed for the purpose.

Four years after concluding their work together on NBC’s “The Good Place,” a philosophical comedy that explored morality and ethics through a group of deceased characters navigating the afterlife, Schur and Danson have reunited for a tender, humorous meditation on loneliness and the search for late-in-life purpose with “A Man on the Inside,” an eight-episode Netflix series premiering Nov. 21.

However, Roberts said that the purpose of this even larger military would be “confronting” with China.

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The real purpose here is to insulate the snowflake-fragile egos of men who cannot feel mighty unless a woman pretends — or is forced to pretend — that she's weak.

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But simply tallying up the lies gives no insight into their purpose.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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