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something that one hopes or intends to accomplish the summer camp's stated objective is to produce tournament-level tennis players
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Recent Examples of objectives The second is that Trump, as strategist-in-chief, keeps giving his negotiators objectives so implausible, confused or contradictory that even the wiliest diplomats in history — a Klemens von Metternich in the 19th century, say, or a Henry Kissinger in the 20th — would come up empty. —
Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026 Under medium- and long-term objectives, the country intends to build its nuclear power industry by 2030, according to the State Council Information Office. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026 The civil society organization’s latest report examined whether reintroducing combustion into the EU ETS—a key policy mechanism for achieving the EU’s climate objectives—would cause a resurgence in landfill use across the continent. —Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026 Its objectives include promoting interest in gardening and related creative activities; improve and beautify the community; and provide garden education and information. —Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Landsman said the military objectives in Iran have been met; Vargas said the humanitarian crisis facing Iranian protesters had been alleviated; and Cuellar said the president’s grace period for providing a rationale for the war had expired. —Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026 While 57% of leaders say improving performance and efficiency was a top priority last year, fewer than 10% say developing stronger workforce training programs was among their primary objectives. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026 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 So the president is doing what’s necessary to accomplish the main objectives here. —NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026 Under medium- and long-term objectives, the country intends to build its nuclear power industry by 2030, according to the State Council Information Office. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026 The civil society organization’s latest report examined whether reintroducing combustion into the EU ETS—a key policy mechanism for achieving the EU’s climate objectives—would cause a resurgence in landfill use across the continent. —Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026 Its objectives include promoting interest in gardening and related creative activities; improve and beautify the community; and provide garden education and information. —Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 Landsman said the military objectives in Iran have been met; Vargas said the humanitarian crisis facing Iranian protesters had been alleviated; and Cuellar said the president’s grace period for providing a rationale for the war had expired. —Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026 While 57% of leaders say improving performance and efficiency was a top priority last year, fewer than 10% say developing stronger workforce training programs was among their primary objectives. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026 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 So the president is doing what’s necessary to accomplish the main objectives here. —NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026
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All of Tinley Park’s goals were scored by sophomores.— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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As the Moon moves through Cancer, your focus shifts to friends, group dynamics, and shared goals.— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
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Princess Elizabeth and her family toured the Sandringham Park grounds, which were being used for agricultural purposes to contribute to the war efforts, in August 1943.— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
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Your itinerary, your accommodation and your plans are wrapped up in those booking details, and now someone else may have a copy.— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The Royals plan to build an entertainment district around the stadium to generate steady profits, though the depths of those plans are not yet clear.— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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Its aims instead are centered squarely on the importance of Josh and Melissa’s romance, the value in getting one partner to open up for another.— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
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Higher learning belongs to everyone and CHILL at IPH aims to foster a welcoming space for curiosity and growth.— Independent Picture House, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
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Such incongruence between actions and intentions can also bring about feelings of guilt.— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
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Closer to home, Jolly does not hide his intentions for Florida.— Thomas C. Shank, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
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Tens of thousands of layoffs at Meta over the last four years as the company balances its AI ambitions with investor unease.— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
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The funding, SpaceNews wrote, speaks to China’s broader space ambitions and strategy of injecting state capital into private industry.— Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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The work demonstrates that mathematical ideas from classical physics can be used to describe weird and ‘spooky’ behavior that is often attributed to quantum particles.— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
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Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines.— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
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Steve Kerr’s contract is, for all intents and purposes, history.— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Chicago made one more move Saturday signaling its intents to win this season, trading away a 2028 first-round pick for Jacy Sheldon.— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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