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as in resolute
fully committed to achieving a goal
a soft-spoken but purposeful criminal investigator
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as in deliberate
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing
there's a difference between a purposeful lie and an accidental untruth
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All this cross-country zigzagging, which might have once felt arbitrary and rootless, has come to seem ever more purposeful and even political with time.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
In my opinion, collecting should be both purposeful and systematic.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Every student deserves to have their needs and well-being provided for.
Rutkowski: As stated earlier, a strong, high-quality K-12 education is the foundation for future success and a purposeful life.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Our efforts have been relentless and purposeful, fostering strong collaborations with our esteemed PR teams, A-Gold Consulting and Sho+CO.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Sep. 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
In my opinion, collecting should be both purposeful and systematic.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Every student deserves to have their needs and well-being provided for.
Rutkowski: As stated earlier, a strong, high-quality K-12 education is the foundation for future success and a purposeful life.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Our efforts have been relentless and purposeful, fostering strong collaborations with our esteemed PR teams, A-Gold Consulting and Sho+CO.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Sep. 2024
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Meanwhile, in the work of the list’s four Arizona firms, the state’s sublime tradition of Desert Modernism, solidified most notably throughout Phoenix in the 1950s in the single-family work of Alfred Beadle, continues statewide with resolute spiritedness.Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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While pulling Japanese companies more toward the West’s primacy on investor value, directionally right for building the resolute model, the performance consequences for investors have been more equivocal.Michael Useem, Fortune Asia, 24 Oct. 2024
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Franko, a wiry man of forty-four with a sharp, deliberate voice, sat reviewing his points for the morning: Arizona’s Proposition 314, a measure designed to allow state officials to round up and deport undocumented border crossers, topped the list.Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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Take small, deliberate actions that contradict your limiting belief.Lien De Pau, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Now, Dorsey thinks most of the company should be led more by engineering and design teams, and is intent on bringing the operations of the company closer to its early days as a smaller startup, one of the people said.Kali Hays, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Her election, said the Guardian, seemed to represent a progressive victory in a region where tech billionaires were intent on yanking politicians to the right.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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While her kids are still young, Woods is conscious of this.Angela Andaloro, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Before money started flowing in after the film was purchased by Netflix, Kendrick made a conscious choice to redirect her portion of the proceeds to abuse charities and organizations.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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Whichever one is the closest match is their determined contrast level, according to the filter.Maria Santa Poggi, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since effective job search is built around a series of steps and processes, a more inspiring task list would vary from day to day while covering the essentials: Contacting specific people, attending networking sessions, conducting outreach for a determined number of jobs, etc.Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2024
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The first federal voluntary bankruptcy law was passed in 1841.Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Use of the patch connected to Pride Month, for example, appears to have been voluntary.Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2024
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Unlike other sports, where perhaps the only home edge is the hollering from the bleachers, home ground advantage is decisive in cricket - especially in the Test format.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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In any moment like this, the people who envisage technology, the vision that shapes technology is absolutely decisive.Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 25 Oct. 2024
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Shifting Subconscious Patterns Breaking free from limiting beliefs requires intentional work.Shay Levister, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The drones straying into NATO territory have not been deemed intentional attacks, but the incidents stoke the fire of tensions between the alliance and Moscow, at its worst point in decades.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Purposeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purposeful. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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