look to
Idioms-
Pay attention to, take care of, as in You'd best look to your own affairs . [c. 1300]
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Anticipate or expect, as in We look to hear from her soon . [c. 1600]
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look to be . Seem to be, promise to be, as in This looks to be a very difficult assignment . [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
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Anthropic says it is looking to resolve an issue which is blocking users of its AI coding tool.
From BBC
Software giant Oracle on Tuesday started laying off workers as it looks to rein in costs and double down on artificial intelligence.
From Los Angeles Times
By Jan. 15, it filed its suit in court, looking to enforce the request for records.
From Los Angeles Times
The market looks to be pricing in “potential dilution” of the current proposals, which leaves expectations more “finely balanced” versus international standards, the analysts write.
"While a laser looks to the naked eye like a steady beam, there's actually a lot of fluctuation, which causes noise when you're using lasers for measurement," says Vamivakas.
From Science Daily
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