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Recent Examples of target
Noun
Battery storage facilities are considered a vital piece of California’s target to derive 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2045 or earlier. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025 Barely parented and prone to aimless, hours-long walks under the grayed-out Pacific Northwestern sky, Case wouldn’t have been an unlikely target. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
But by the same token, central banks have better economic outcomes when they are held to account by lawmakers and operate under policy mandates like the Fed’s, which calls for the bank to target an annual inflation rate of 2% and full employment. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025 The government partnership follows a series of moves by Altman and OpenAI that appear to be targeted at appeasing President Donald Trump. Hayden Field, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for target 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for target
Noun
  • One of my personal concerns is the tendency, particularly in Germany, to focus too much in films on the perpetrators, not the victims, like in Downfall or the recent Wannsee Conference adaptation.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Several other fire victims are likely in the same situation.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • For years this has been the joke among students and faculty at campuses everywhere.
    Beth Anderson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Though their conversation was inaudible over the sounds in the gymnasium, Abdul-Jabbar seemed to make a joke about Johnson wearing Michigan State gear — looking down at his own letterman jacket and back up at Johnson’s green hoodie.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The goal is to appeal to empathy, instead of trying to change the other person.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The goal of the benefit was to rebuild communities decimated by the fires that burned through Los Angeles in January.
    Janelle Ash, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Being taunted by Lyles is probably the last thing Hill needs right now.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The taunting video caused the stir Gaines intended, with several Case members taking note and responding with threats and plots of their own, according to authorities.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Pets often resemble crocodiles’ natural prey which can be deadly.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Even so, its mere existence has drawn willing prey into Anderson’s front room.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And Sanders wasn’t even a top-five pick in the mock with the Giants passing on him in favor of his teammate, CB/WR Travis Hunter before selecting Alabama QB Jalen Milroe at the top of the second round.
    Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • One key issue is that mocks are not easily sharable, which forces each team member to rely on their own independent endpoint models.
    Steve Rodda, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The aim here is to create a classic supper club atmosphere, emphasizing quality ingredients and storytelling behind dishes.
    Susan Stapleton, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
  • At a later news conference, several aldermen more flatly opposed to the sale of hemp products accused Hall and Johnson of brushing aside safety concerns with the aim of bringing in more tax revenue.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Dean of Students and ASU Police are available to assist any student who is threatened or harassed.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Cornell University junior Amanda Silberstein says she has been physically assaulted and harassed online and in person, and feels unsafe on campus.
    Tovia Smith, NPR, 30 Jan. 2025

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“Target.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/target. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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