to the purpose
idiom
old-fashioned
: appropriate to the situation
He didn't say much to the purpose.
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If something feels vague to your team, take the time to share the specifics and connect it to the purpose.
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Bala Sathyanarayanan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Over the span of 40 minutes, Kojima and Refn touched on everything from their longtime friendship to the purpose of art itself, and provided some insight into the convergence and symbiotic nature of game development and filmmaking.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Greene deflected and bashed the Biden administration while praising the Trump administration before circling back to the purpose of the news conference.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Take a few common situations: A senior-level manager arrives 15 minutes late for a 60-minute meeting, spends 15 minutes getting oriented to the purpose, and then causes the meeting to run over by 30 minutes.
—Shani Harmon, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
There are also Supreme Court precedents that restrict the federal government from imposing conditions on grants that are unrelated to the purpose of those grants, or otherwise commandeering state governments to perform a federal government task.
—Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Bala Sathyanarayanan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Over the span of 40 minutes, Kojima and Refn touched on everything from their longtime friendship to the purpose of art itself, and provided some insight into the convergence and symbiotic nature of game development and filmmaking.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Greene deflected and bashed the Biden administration while praising the Trump administration before circling back to the purpose of the news conference.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Take a few common situations: A senior-level manager arrives 15 minutes late for a 60-minute meeting, spends 15 minutes getting oriented to the purpose, and then causes the meeting to run over by 30 minutes.
—Shani Harmon, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
There are also Supreme Court precedents that restrict the federal government from imposing conditions on grants that are unrelated to the purpose of those grants, or otherwise commandeering state governments to perform a federal government task.
—Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“To the purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20purpose. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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