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aimed

  • past participle
    of aim.
    aim
    verb (used with object)
    to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
  • past tense form
    of aim.
    aim
    verb (used with object)
    to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.

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BMO and Sun Life join other Canadian corporate powerhouses this week to pledge cash aimed at accelerating economic development amid cross-border trade turbulence.

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But Clockwork isn’t solely aimed at repertory restorations, either.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

That bitterness from supporters is aimed in part at the House of Lords.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

That second mechanism could potentially close off one of the escape routes that limits therapies aimed at only a single cancer marker.

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That is the basic message that Martin Luther King Jr. aimed to deliver through the Poor People’s Movement back in 1968.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander