aim to

Idioms  

1. Try or intend to do something, as in We aim to please, or She aims to fly to California. This term derives from aim in the sense of “direct the course of something,” such as an arrow or bullet. [Colloquial; c. 1600]

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Scientists aim to find some of those with a cutting-edge instrument built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Kevin Cook, a senior stock strategist at Zacks Investment Research, said Nvidia’s aim to make its graphics processing units an investable asset class offers a case for why it delivered such strong revenue guidance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

U.S. sanctions generally aim to cut off targets from the U.S. financial system, turning them into economic pariahs and threatening companies that dare to trade with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Talks are also continuing as Liverpool aim to strike a deal with Paris St-Germain for France winger Bradley Barcola.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

I’ve heard enough from Baltimore’s upper crust, and I aim to find my own answers.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland