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Recent Examples of purposeful His unimaginable situation leaves him with no obvious path forward — a purposeful choice by Ingelsby for a character who’s literally trained in trauma recovery. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025 Was that purposeful, or was that separate from the whole thing? Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 His selection was as purposeful of a pick as the Chiefs have made in recent years. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025 For Xi, China’s longest-serving and most powerful leader in decades, the symbolism – and its timing – will be purposeful. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for purposeful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purposeful
Adjective
  • These days, Pynchon is a resolute New Yorker.
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Their response to the player’s incendiary statement last week was to release their own extraordinary one and become even more resolute in their position regarding a transfer.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Understand who holds the greatest influence over promotion decisions in your organization and make a deliberate effort to be visible to them.
    Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Acutis' canonization marks a deliberate Vatican effort to present contemporary, relatable holy figures who can speak to younger generations about faith lived in the digital age.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This ruthless cartel is intent on cashing in, permeating our communities with their poison, with no regard to human suffering.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Today, many companies seem intent on convincing consumers of debit’s coolness.
    Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That means staying alert to how AI systems influence our thinking and making conscious choices about when and how to engage with them.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Sullivan believes Fruitist’s market opportunity is strong as consumers become more conscious about health and are willing to pay for premium products.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The training highlighted how quickly multiple dangers can erupt at once, and how determined authorities are to prepare for the next flashpoint.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
  • According to several sources to RadarOnline, Prince William is determined to remove his uncle from the Firm.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Code does not distinguish between voluntary and involuntary expatriation.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The 30-year-old accepted a voluntary provisional suspension on June 2, which will now expire on April 2, 2026 following the outcome of European football’s governing body.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In other words, the health of the system is decisive.
    Sandro da Silva, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But even before Tyler Stephenson’s two-run homer off Robert Suarez broke a tie in the top of the ninth inning and held as the decisive hit in a 4-2 Reds victory, something happened that practically rendered the final score a footnote.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As Platt reminds us, moving toward a healthier relationship with ownership means reclaiming our power by being intentional.
    Essence, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers couldn’t fully separate the effects of intentional versus unintentional weight loss.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Purposeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposeful. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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