wanted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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With her team on board, in February she told Amodei that Spark wanted to lead the round.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"And I wanted to make sure that my name reflected that. My mother's love and also my husband's love are very abundant and so important to me."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Nosek wanted to make even larger investments in Musk’s companies and in 2017, he left Founders Fund to co-found Gigafund and eventually moved to Austin, Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
By putting it among "a larger collection of ceremonial and other weapons" it would have "helped to conceal what it had been used for" because she wanted him "to avoid being caught", the judge said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
And he was going to have to make up a lot of ground if he wanted a chance with her.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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