1
as in goals
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
the purpose of the research is to discover how the virus is transmitted
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as in roles
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists
still trying to discover her purpose in life
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as in plans
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now
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Recent Examples of purposes
Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
The agreement says that the flag cannot be removed, except for normal maintenance purposes.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
However, StyleCaster may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 13 Apr. 2026
This article is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.
—Lucy Jones
april 11, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
The robotic characters break free from their restaurant resting place to cause chaos in town, while the villainous Marionette pops up to possess victims for her own nefarious purposes.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Robots and artificial intelligence are increasingly used for all purposes on Earth.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
This article is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
What's new is using criminal prosecutors for partisan purposes -- and there's no quotes about that in the case.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
The agreement says that the flag cannot be removed, except for normal maintenance purposes.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
However, StyleCaster may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.
—Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 13 Apr. 2026
This article is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.
—Lucy Jones
april 11, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
The robotic characters break free from their restaurant resting place to cause chaos in town, while the villainous Marionette pops up to possess victims for her own nefarious purposes.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Robots and artificial intelligence are increasingly used for all purposes on Earth.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
This article is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for professional medical advice.
—Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
What's new is using criminal prosecutors for partisan purposes -- and there's no quotes about that in the case.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purposes
Noun
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Wallstedt allowed only 12 goals over his last six starts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Kuruc earned all-state honors last season as a sophomore, scoring 24 goals and setting a program record with 26 assists.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are set to reprise their roles as Greg and Jack, respectively, with Blythe Danner and Teri Polo returning as well.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The female singers particularly knocked it out of the ballpark; both deserve record deals or Broadway roles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Kenya, for instance, plans to bring a small modular reactor online in 2034 after starting the first phase in 2009.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Asher Bende plans to major in music education and aspires to become a music educator.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In March, shortly after the Da Nang landing, an Assistant Secretary of Defense, John McNaughton, wrote a memo assigning relative weights to American objectives in Vietnam.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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So the president is doing what’s necessary to accomplish the main objectives here.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
12 Apr. 2026
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The company launched ClawBot in March, which appears as a contact within WeChat, allowing its over one billion monthly active users to connect directly with OpenClaw and execute tasks through the messaging interface.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Essential for tasks like guidance, this could help navigate things like submarines or deep-space probes without Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the future.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The two leaders were pledging closer bilateral ties and called for a joint front to preserve multilateralism—a pointed signal, directed at Washington, that Beijing intends to fill the vacuum left by America’s more unilateral posture on the world stage.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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If the merger cannot be stopped, Cinema United intends to secure commitments from Paramount about items like film marketing spending and number of films produced to add some guardrails to the transaction, O’Leary said at a press breakfast Tuesday morning before his speech.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Orbán tried to paint the opposition as a puppet of Brussels, and an accomplice to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s war aims.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026
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Indigenous leaders sought to apply pressure on Lula, who has supported Indigenous rights and environmental stewardship in Latin America’s largest nation while also pushing projects that appear to go against those aims.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Investigations following a Russian drone strike in 2025 indicate that the NSC’s specialized confinement functions are now compromised.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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The setting does much of the work, but the layout is what defines how the property functions day to day.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Purposes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposes. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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