intending
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of intending
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But as Paris hunkered down for another Saturday of protests and potential unrest, the biggest show in U.S. sports touched down here intending to plow ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
"We had, really without intending to, created a mouse that produced these classic lesions of Alexander disease," Messing says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
According to the initial findings of investigators, the suspect entered Poland from Germany overnight Wednesday-Thursday, intending to travel on to Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The figures vary across the UK - with 48% of applicants in Scotland intending to live at home, compared with 20% in Wales - but the trend is rising across the board.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Then I began to scan the newsfeeds, intending to check out the media frenzy my return to first place was generating.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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