intent
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“If you’re thinking about how to engage your younger generations, you actually have to prioritize intent more strongly than you did just five years ago,” Reichheld says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, new Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has insisted there was "no ill intent" behind apparent comments about the early release scheme, which were caught on camera.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"We strongly believe there was no malicious intent on their part," Delangue wrote, referring to OpenAI.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
To begin her own performance, MPA announced that she has retained Ono’s intent to perform “Cut Piece” in time of war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It's late December, and the morning light is gray as Helmuth heads to the Bieberhaus, intent on returning a "borrowed" book to the City Hall storeroom before his boss, Heinrich Mohns, arrives.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Yet David craves Monica’s maternal affection as if he were real — and for all intents and purposes, he is.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Chief executive Dan Finley told the BBC earlier this week it would "operate to all intents and purposes as Debenhams Group".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
The entire stock market will soon become, for all intents and purposes, the meme-stock market, and your retirement accounts are at the mercy of their whims.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
“The consumer, for all intents and purposes, pays the tariff,” it added.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
“I’m Penelope, but no one ever calls me that and I don’t really like it anyway, so for all intents and purposes my name is Poppet.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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