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with an eye to

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  1. see have one's eye on, def. 2.


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That’s when you can think about ripping off the bandage and converting funds to Roth with an eye to the tax rate of the next generation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Instead, Lodge, who goes by Cabot, picked up an HP-12C financial calculator and never looked back, perhaps with an eye to resurrecting the family’s business bona fides.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

His son Charles IV cemented that legacy, rebuilding Prague Castle with an eye to Paris, where he had been raised.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

Johnson, a Columbia English professor, explores the role of the era’s horror movies in echoing and shaping feminist discourse, with an eye to how history rhymes in the post-Dobbs era.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2025

If I receive and shelter you, it is not for your tales but for your trouble, and with an eye to Zeus, who guards a guest.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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