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as in goals
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
her intention is to climb the highest peak in each of the 50 states
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as in senses
the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action
she was uncertain of the intention of his frantic gesturing
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Recent Examples of intentions
Quartz’s Will Gavin scopes out the Tesla CEO’s intentions.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Front turn signals that are difficult to see may not clearly indicate the driver's intentions to other motorists.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
The answer to this question depends on your intentions for adding a collagen cream to your skin-care routine.
—Devon Abelman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
After the fight, UFC analyst Paul Felder interviewed Elkins and Pineda, with the latter holding his gloves, indicating his intentions to call it a career.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Frame your achievements as leverage to achieve your goal in this discussion and express your intentions clearly and assertively.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Rather than assuming other people have bad intentions, Bryan-Podvin says to embrace your feelings about money and be transparent in a respectful way.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
How Search History Is Used As Evidence Search history data plays a crucial role in forensic investigations, providing insight into a person’s behavior, intentions, and activities.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Parents and other people their age, however, likely have good intentions but may have not interviewed for a job in decades or ever worked in your industry, and the workforce is different now.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Front turn signals that are difficult to see may not clearly indicate the driver's intentions to other motorists.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
The answer to this question depends on your intentions for adding a collagen cream to your skin-care routine.
—Devon Abelman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
After the fight, UFC analyst Paul Felder interviewed Elkins and Pineda, with the latter holding his gloves, indicating his intentions to call it a career.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Frame your achievements as leverage to achieve your goal in this discussion and express your intentions clearly and assertively.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Rather than assuming other people have bad intentions, Bryan-Podvin says to embrace your feelings about money and be transparent in a respectful way.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
How Search History Is Used As Evidence Search history data plays a crucial role in forensic investigations, providing insight into a person’s behavior, intentions, and activities.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Parents and other people their age, however, likely have good intentions but may have not interviewed for a job in decades or ever worked in your industry, and the workforce is different now.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intentions
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This knowledge sharing can help streamline work between partners, keeping both parties in sync with the vision, goals and constraints associated with the project.Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Now fans across the globe can watch talented world class players make highlight reel goals.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The White Castle slider was, for all intents and purposes, a White Castle slider.Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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How people—or governments and corporations, run by people—respond to the mounting losses will have repercussions that will last, for all intents and purposes, forever.Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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In contrast, on achieving objectives like resilience, revenue generation, and customer satisfaction, the C-suite scores are 14-19% lower on the necessity of internal collaboration.Steve Banker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Use goal-setting frameworks like OKRs (objectives and key results) to maintain alignment and focus.Lynda Silsbee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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For his part, Dimon has repeatedly denied having government ambitions — but has never fully ruled out the possibility of serving in office if the timing is right.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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There has been intense speculation about the long-term viability of the relationship, given the ambitions and personalities of the two men, with many people on social media predicting an eventual falling-out.David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Despite its previous bad culinary advice about pizza and rocks, AI will initially be used for the presentation of the results for queries in English about recipes and meal ideas entered on mobile devices.Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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But optimists believe that AI is here to augment our work for the better, cutting out busywork and drudgery so that people can spend more time on ideas and creativity.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Intentions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intentions. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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