go toward(s)
phrasal verb
went toward(s); gone toward(s); going toward(s); goes toward(s)
: to help pay for (something)
My extra income is going towards a new car.
Your donations will go toward better sanitation for refugees.
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Another $2 billion will go toward new permanent housing as part of Newsom’s Homekey+ program — including $1 billion earmarked for veterans.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Surtax dollars can only go toward education and transportation.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
Tickets to the event cost $10 and will go towards funding next year’s Pride Parade.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Net proceeds from The Latin Academy Person of the Year Gala will go toward the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 3 June 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Surtax dollars can only go toward education and transportation.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
Tickets to the event cost $10 and will go towards funding next year’s Pride Parade.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Net proceeds from The Latin Academy Person of the Year Gala will go toward the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for go toward(s)
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“Go toward(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20toward%28s%29. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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