to that/this end
idiom
formal
: as a way of dealing with or doing something
We want to save the building. To this end, we have hired someone to assess its current state.
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Binzagr and her subject, vibrantly adorned and radiating selfhood, went a great deal to that end.
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 Sep. 2024
And to that end, the Department of Transportation over the last few years has invested billions of dollars both in physical infrastructure improvements to help make things more accessible.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Trump's attorney general did not order the case closed, according to multiple people with knowledge of the events, but his instructions to Liu -- and later his selections to replace her -- helped steer it to that end.
—Aaron C. Davis and Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
Getting clients to use TIAA’s online advice tool was the means to this end, Parkin said on the recording.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 Sep. 2024
And to that end, the Department of Transportation over the last few years has invested billions of dollars both in physical infrastructure improvements to help make things more accessible.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
Trump's attorney general did not order the case closed, according to multiple people with knowledge of the events, but his instructions to Liu -- and later his selections to replace her -- helped steer it to that end.
—Aaron C. Davis and Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
Getting clients to use TIAA’s online advice tool was the means to this end, Parkin said on the recording.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
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“To that/this end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20that%2Fthis%20end. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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