How to Use objective in a Sentence
- We need someone outside the company to give us an objective analysis.
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Her efforts with the team are to make the process more objective.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
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What makes this hard to catch is that the metric feels objective.
—Sophie Ren, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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Any objective viewer of the film can see that it isn't meant to be fair.
—Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2018
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There’s not an objective scale.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
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My bridal price and, now with this prenup, my objective value.
—Max Gao, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
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Boards serve as a safe and objective sounding board.
—Wendy Stewart, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
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The process starts with the objective lenses, which are the ones farthest away from your eyes.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
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The distance, goal, target and objective change in each of the eight rounds that are played.
—Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022
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Meaning doesn’t have to be objective.
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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In that world, football is objective.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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And then there was an objective point of view, which was very cluttered with data, as our lives are now.
—Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 3 May 2018
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Just make sure to select people who won’t shy away from hard truths and will be objective about your strengths.
—Trinity Aikens, Forbes, 22 June 2022
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And so it's- there's very clear, objective criteria that's been put out.
—CBS News, 30 Aug. 2020
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Self-reports may offer clues, but don’t pass objective muster.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
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The trouble is that there is no objective way to settle this contest.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Today that looks more like a wish than an assertion of objective fact.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
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So the designer asked him to take an objective look at his business.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Would the story have been better told from an outside, more objective point of view?
—Jaime Herndon, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2021
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Netflix also wants to make this new, more objective data stand out more.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 May 2021
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Episode 3 is a little more objective.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
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Not that Peltz makes this objective analysis of his track record easy.
—Steven Tian, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2023
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Data points might be objective, but the decisions drawn from them were not.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
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Not by any objective standard, though being outkicked that late in a race wasn’t her norm.
—Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2021
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But in Munger’s view that would not be an objective decision.
—Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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The actress did her due diligence in objective research on the project, though.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
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This leads to faster and more objective forecasting.
—Judith Magyar, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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The question of which ones will hit, when, and how hard, is unanswerable in any objective sense.
—Ed Lotterman, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2024
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Sometimes an outsider’s view is the best to get an objective opinion.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
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Resume objective statements have never made the most sense to me.
—Ginny Hogan, Forbes, 5 May 2023
- The main objective of the class is to teach basic typing skills.
- We've set specific objectives for each day.
- She's expanding the business with the objective of improving efficiency.
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The objective of the day is to try to win the game.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
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Now the objective is to put that strength to use.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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So that was kind of the objective here.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
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The first objective is to break one of his own world records.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 28 Oct. 2022
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But that should not be the objective.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
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And its objectives have not been met.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
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So that's the objective of this week.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 9 June 2026
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This is a high bar to set but this is the objective for the season.
—Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2020
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The main objective of most marketers is to boost their sales.
—Yec, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
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But not all rangefinders have the same objective in the field.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2019
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But my objective is not just to feed myself.
—Robin Greenfield, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
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There is no one objective, correct way to do this life thing.
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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The objective here is to get the seed to the soil and then let nature take over.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2023
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There’s more work to be done in terms of the scope and the design objectives.
—Sara Cardine, La Cañada Valley Sun, 4 Oct. 2017
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There’s no set distance in this game, just the objective to not get caught.
—Paige Triola, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
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The objective is to learn, not to convince.
—Alexander Jabbour, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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In acting, that's a big deal, what's your objective and what's your goal?
—Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 6 June 2018
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The objective is not to share data.
—Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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My objective is to let the kids have a good time whatever the sport is.
—Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021
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First, there’s an objective; golfers count their strokes and try to improve their score over time.
—Matt Alderton, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2021
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And that is still its major objective.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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And the objective in this business is to find someone who will.
—Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 4 Aug. 2017
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The objective was to find the best Chicago-style dog in the city.
—Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 8 Aug. 2017
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Start being the source The objective used to be to get ranked.
—Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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The mayor begins his fourth term with a long list of objectives.
—Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 2 Jan. 2018
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The work of those who report to you must support your objectives.
—Linda Clark-Santos, idahostatesman, 20 June 2018
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The objective was to get Baxley up there with a chance to tie the game.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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