How to Use to that/this end in a Sentence

to that/this end

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  • Loewe’s sculptural Puzzle Fold tote is the chicest means to that end.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But along the way to that end, until the threads are sewn together, patience is a virtue.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • There’s a disclaimer to that end accompanying these new cloud maps.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The award is set to expire in September of 2025 and was signed one year prior to that end date.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Any resources that could be useful for defeating a Chinese attack along the first island chain should be reserved to that end.
    Time, 14 July 2023
  • Binzagr and her subject, vibrantly adorned and radiating selfhood, went a great deal to that end.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The Right to Be Lazy suggests that machines have already been used to that end for nearly 250 years.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Biden campaigned on a pledge to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment but took no major steps to that end.
    Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Cam Cope, a crash reconstructionist based in Texas, testified to that end Friday.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • For the bedroom, start by scooping up this metal platform bed frame that’s under $100, then look to this end table that offers plenty of space to house books, lamps, and more.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
  • All crowdfunding campaigns carry an element of risk, but to that end, iKoffy notes it's been in the food gadgets business for a while now with a record of shipping products worldwide.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 July 2025
  • Peters would prefer the focus to be on the victims of abuse, and to this end, GB News has spotlighted a different survivor story for six days straight.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Can-Am has completely changed the frame and chassis for the new Outlander series to that end – and to accommodate the higher horsepower and torque of the new engine.
    New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But talks to that end have been stalled for years, and Israel’s new government has shown more interest in the potential annexation of Palestinian land than in the possibility of statehood.
    Michael Crowley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
  • While attempts to that end haven't yet gone anywhere, Louisiana's Republican party considered the policy earlier this year.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
  • And to that end, the Department of Transportation over the last few years has invested billions of dollars both in physical infrastructure improvements to help make things more accessible.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Hamas remains committed to eradicating Israel and is using hostages to this end, demanding an unrealistic ransom based on the Gilad Shalit precedent.
    WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
  • And to that end, those numbers never leak; any projections furnished by third-party data firms are estimates derived from quarterly earnings reports and other SEC documents.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 June 2024
  • There is also circumstantial evidence that in the early 1960s, Egypt flirted with the idea of developing radiological artillery shells and sought to import radioactive isotopes to that end.
    William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
  • In our current political climate, where appearances trump virtually all other considerations, seeming to combat bigotry is often substituted for the vital task of implementing effective policies to that end.
    Eitan Fischberger, National Review, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The Catholic Church itself has long relied on images to this end, using the cross to represent the mystery of the Trinity, and using marble and gold and towering spires to signal its power to worshipers of a religion that preaches austerity.
    Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023

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