Example Sentences

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The study found that Grokipedia articles often "contain exactly identical copies of text" from Wikipedia, a site it has intended to outshine.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

The tip of Maslow’s hierarchy is self-actualization, which implies the possibility that our Sims will develop wants and needs separate from those their creator has intended for them.

From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2020

So let’s talk about the pass/run imbalance this way: In 120 plays from scrimmage, Cousins has intended to throw a pass 94 times.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2016

On the other hand, it’s possible he has intended to pick Watson all along, but is keeping his options open in case someone else does something truly spectacular at the Tour Championship.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 19, 2016

Morgan has intended, apparently, to represent the Punaluan marriage as a long transition to the definite custom of exogamy, but it will be seen that his language is not very clear nor his positions assured.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various