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Adjective
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Now, Stewart has made a conscious decision to go back to her natural color for fall 2025.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025 -
This is especially true with the sun entering Scorpio, and your socially conscious 11th house of associations, community and sense of belonging in the world.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Every frame of the film feels intentional, capturing the river and forests of the Amazon with great attention to the light and sounds of the region.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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That’s how intentional and curated the event felt.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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Jurors rejected a theory that the stabbing was in self-defense, but also declined to convict Medizabal of premeditated murder, records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those old-fashioned TV-show plots with a premeditated murder committed for some explicable reason, that’s really an anachronism.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That was a 109-mph missile over the center field fence, much higher than its intended target and hundreds of feet farther.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Ratified in 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment is short, a mere fifty words including the section headings, but with a large intended effect.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Oct. 2025
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Back in August, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said roughly 300,000 federal workers would be gone from the government by the end of the year, noting that 80% of those departures were voluntary.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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It is not accredited by any major zoo or sanctuary associations, which is voluntary and comes with stricter welfare and conservation standards.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The tactic, analysts say, is deliberate – part of a broader effort to wear down Taiwan’s air force, degrade equipment and exhaust Taiwan’s personnel.—
Eryk Michael Smith,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Every detail feels deliberate yet easy and unforced.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sabanci reiterated that lifelong learning, social connection and purposeful activity support brain resilience.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The late artist’s work would potentially be used on scarves, towels and other items with a purposeful message.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Strengthening transcendence, with its associated behaviors of being purposive, inspired, optimistic, creative, and future-oriented, helps to broaden your perspective and see beyond the immediate challenges.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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For Defoe, meaning is purposive and theological, purposive because theological.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2022
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“Premeditative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premeditative. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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