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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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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

The formal Declaration merely ratified that decision with an eye to winning essential foreign support.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

"As a politician, Iliescu was ruthless, skilful and always with an eye to history."

From BBC Aug. 5, 2025

In addition, Zewdu and the Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn. began a fresh round of meetings this week to discuss strategies to mitigate outages and with an eye to their zero-emission goal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2024

Rather, every flower, shrub, and tree was to be deployed with an eye to how each would act upon the imagination.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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