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as in planning
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
an aspiring entrepreneur who intends to revolutionize the biotech industry
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as in meaning
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind
lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law
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Recent Examples of intending
Prosecutors say that Allen tried to storm the dinner − where Vice President JD Vance and others from the administration were also in attendance − with multiple guns and knives, intending to kill high-ranking officials.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 May 2026
From Stoll's perspective, Howard wasn't intending to kill his lover.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Authorities say the suspects fired 70 shots at a crowd of people, intending to hit a local rapper and his entourage.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
Allen is also charged with discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and transporting firearms across state lines intending to commit a felony.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The state delayed Carr’s sentencing, intending to use her as a cooperative witness in a trial against Duarte that will no longer take place.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Police believe Lewis killed King intending to steal his Hyundai Sonata.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
The Essay The op-ed itself is a short essay intending to inform the public about an issue and to indicate some means for its resolution.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
While many leave college intending to return, few ultimately do.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 May 2026
From Stoll's perspective, Howard wasn't intending to kill his lover.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Authorities say the suspects fired 70 shots at a crowd of people, intending to hit a local rapper and his entourage.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
Allen is also charged with discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and transporting firearms across state lines intending to commit a felony.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The state delayed Carr’s sentencing, intending to use her as a cooperative witness in a trial against Duarte that will no longer take place.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Police believe Lewis killed King intending to steal his Hyundai Sonata.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
The Essay The op-ed itself is a short essay intending to inform the public about an issue and to indicate some means for its resolution.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
While many leave college intending to return, few ultimately do.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intending
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An hour before Hitchcock's execution, Texas is planning to put James Broadnax to death for the 2008 double murder of two Christian music producers in the Dallas suburb of Garland.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Countries across the Gulf have arrested scores of people during the war, on charges ranging from posting images of wartime damage, to planning terrorist attacks with Iran.—
Dominic Dudley,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Last month, Maine and Oregon passed legislation to decouple from the federal QSBS exemption, meaning that taxpayers will have to pay state income taxes on startup exits.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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The general fund increased by about $212 million compared to last year, which is less than the rising costs in Medicaid alone — meaning the state had to cut specific programs within Medicaid and elsewhere to make up the difference.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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Most of her friends didn’t have dates, though Maple was going with a girl named Sasha, and Sloane was going with Leo, a boy from their grade.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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These kind of abuses mean that the department isn't going after oil companies that are price gouging.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The hospitalization estimates are equally absurd, implying that one in 18 additional Americans would have required hospitalization for COVID from December 2020–November 2022.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the majority of analysts have only a hold rating, with a price target implying shares will pull back about 7% over the next year, according to LSEG.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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But even among the anchors that aren’t contemplating leaving TV for YouTube, the attraction of digital media is too irresistible to ignore.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Or, put another way, savers contemplating a $15,000 deposit into this account now can expect to earn a little more than $1 per week on their funds over the next year.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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At our wedding, my husband and I stood under a chuppah—a wedding canopy signifying the new home a Jewish couple will create together—that my mom crafted from a lace tablecloth her grandmother had sewn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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Though embedded in society, these young characters are Kaspar Hauser-like figures, spectrally isolated from the signifying world, forced to construct meaning for themselves, from the ground up.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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However, Manilow, now cancer-free, is aiming to return to touring in June, the same month the singer releases his first new album in nearly 15 years, What a Time.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2026
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The variety could grow further in coming years with Relativity Space, Stoke Space and Astra Space all progressing with rockets aiming to launch from Cape Canaveral, while SpaceX looks to bring its Starship and Super Heavy to the Space Coast before the end of the year.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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The new jet also features 13 stars denoting the 13 original colonies on its fuselage, the main body of an aircraft, and a circle of stars on each engine cowling, or covering, reflecting the original Betsy Ross flag and an America250 decal on the nose and winglet.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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But our understanding of pedantry, denoting the sticklerishness of academic specialists and grammar obsessives, is a relatively narrow one.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Intending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intending. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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