go toward(s)
phrasal verb
went toward(s); gone toward(s); going toward(s); goes toward(s)
: to help pay for (something)
My extra income is going towards a new car.
Your donations will go toward better sanitation for refugees.
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The money would also go towards rebuilding his studio.
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Peter Aitken, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The new package would also keep the $110 billion in additional spending to go toward disaster aid and farmers’ assistance after a number of Republicans in the House and Senate threatened to withhold support if those were not included.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
More than $10 billion in funding would also go toward the departments of Interior, Agriculture Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency for costs incurred by disasters in 2024 and in recent years.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
Butler announces $9 million in renovations to Clowes Memorial Hall
Part of that will go toward building a new 1,400-capacity music hall, with the goal to make the campus an arts and entertainment hub.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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Peter Aitken, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
The new package would also keep the $110 billion in additional spending to go toward disaster aid and farmers’ assistance after a number of Republicans in the House and Senate threatened to withhold support if those were not included.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
More than $10 billion in funding would also go toward the departments of Interior, Agriculture Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency for costs incurred by disasters in 2024 and in recent years.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
Butler announces $9 million in renovations to Clowes Memorial Hall
Part of that will go toward building a new 1,400-capacity music hall, with the goal to make the campus an arts and entertainment hub.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Go toward(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20toward%28s%29. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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