objectives

noun

plural of objective
as in goals
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish the summer camp's stated objective is to produce tournament-level tennis players

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Recent Examples of objectives That throws up a juxtaposition whereby clubs have to balance competing objectives. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 To prepare, Galinskaya has clients fill out pre-meeting questionnaires, which are kept confidential, about their objectives and concerns. — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 In fact, McKinsey & Company's transformation practice has found that 70% of large transformation efforts fail to meet their objectives. — Matthew Chow, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Tong’s office correctly notes that protecting children, preventing youth access, addressing synthetic cannabinoids, and ensuring product safety are legitimate public policy objectives deserving serious attention. — John R. Gordon, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026 All strategic objectives in Iran are failing, while half-hearted support for Ukraine has resulted in a devastating surge in civilian casualties. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 The parties should agree, at minimum, on the format and objectives of the talks, the mediators’ roles, the status of representatives, how the agenda is set, how decisions are reached, and how confidentiality and public communications are handled. — Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026 As families grow and increase in complexity over time, different members often also have varying objectives around liquidity. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 In a separate action, the forest board approved strategic objectives for 2026 to 2030. — Mick Zawislak, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectives
  1. goals
  2. purposes
  3. plans
  4. aims
  5. intentions
  6. ambitions
  7. ideas
  8. intents
Noun
  • The Moon enters Sagittarius and your 11th House of Friends, Groups, and Future Plans, making teamwork, invitations, and shared goals more active.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The 30-year-old surrendered 12 goals in his first four outings.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of goals
Noun
  • But by funding facilities and administrative costs normally borne by the schools, states are freeing universities to use their own dollars for other purposes.
    — David A. Lieb, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The number of satellites in orbit now is around 18,000, but it’s expected to reach 100,000 in 2030, driven sharply by the growth of LEO networks for communications and other purposes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of purposes
Noun
  • As residents complain and other communities, such as Monroe County and Sumpter Township, have scaled back or decided against Flock cameras, Waterford police have no plans to take down these cameras anytime soon.
    — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Later, the Moon opposes Uranus in your 5th House of Creativity and Play, bringing a spontaneous idea, romantic spark, or change in personal plans.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of plans
Noun
  • Moving away from a retrospective punishment mechanism appealed to Portsmouth too, as did the shift to a focus on liquidity, something which meshes with the aims of the independent football regulator, which recently came into operation in England.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Vance’s comments also seemed to suggest that the administration was more acutely focused on the economic impact of the war than the original aims of the war itself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of aims
Noun
  • There is no control tower at the field, so pilots communicate their intentions on a common radio frequency, an arrangement common at small airports.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Good intentions can become intentional malice when policymakers ignore clear warnings and leave taxpayers stuck with the bill.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of intentions
Noun
  • To that, Deadline reached out to both the campaigns of Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra for comment on both the efforts to undo the tax credits cap and the ambitions for a post-comprehensive production credit.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • While Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood ambitions were said to be a key reason behind their original move to California, Archewell Productions and its deal with Netflix has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of ambitions
Noun
  • One way to think about this was to look at the long history of these ideas, and not just at a moment like the 2016 election, or of Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and 80s.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Your ideas travel farther when people know what to do with them.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of ideas
Noun
  • Nearly every customer relationship, operational workflow, escalation path and commercial outcome emerges from one of these two conversational intents.
    — Naresh Prajapati, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • For all intents and purposes, an unknown actor can wade unburdened into the depths of Bond, able to transform without a viewer’s prior expectation tainting the image of 007.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of intents

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