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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Donations from the page will now go toward paying for Crawley's funeral and helping his family, according to Caruso.
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Per an agreement with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, the funds will go toward the county’s Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program and its community partners and last until September 2027.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
One solution that public officials and public entity risk pool leaders have suggested is setting caps on the size of settlements and judgments, and on the percentages that can go toward attorneys’ fees.
—Kristen Taketa, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
The funds from the raise will go toward paying down team debt, the sources said, which is approximately $400 million.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Per an agreement with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, the funds will go toward the county’s Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program and its community partners and last until September 2027.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
One solution that public officials and public entity risk pool leaders have suggested is setting caps on the size of settlements and judgments, and on the percentages that can go toward attorneys’ fees.
—Kristen Taketa, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
The funds from the raise will go toward paying down team debt, the sources said, which is approximately $400 million.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 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 30 Aug. 2025.
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