purposing

present participle of purpose

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Verb
  • Working with Kemper was a particular pleasure for Brolin, a photography buff who began his career intending to work behind the camera, not in front of it.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The basic facts are that Tony bought a piece of land with a commitment from a grocery company intending to lease the property to build a supermarket; Kiritzis claimed that Meridian then actively deterred renters after realizing the value of the land and squeezed him dry in a ploy to buy it back.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Florida to drop all vaccine requirements The US state of Florida is planning to drop all vaccination requirements, including routine childhood shots for measles, diphtheria, and other life-threatening illnesses.
    Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Separately, Fairfax Assembly, which ended production earlier this year of the Cadillac XT4 and the Chevrolet Malibu, is no longer planning to add a second shift once construction ramps up on the Bolt.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Investors contemplating Kohl’s must consider whether this represents a genuine turnaround or merely a fleeting bounce enhanced by meme-stock phenomena.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Yet, the fruit carries a broader meaning as well, as the Christ child also intimately interacts with it, grasping and contemplating it.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Purposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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