How to Use to that/this end in a Sentence
to that/this end
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But along the way to that end, until the threads are sewn together, patience is a virtue.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
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The Right to Be Lazy suggests that machines have already been used to that end for nearly 250 years.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2023
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Any resources that could be useful for defeating a Chinese attack along the first island chain should be reserved to that end.
—Time, 14 July 2023
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Image: Qualcomm There’s good reason to be concerned about the misuse of these tools, and to that end, Qualcomm is working with a company called Truepic.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2023
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Cam Cope, a crash reconstructionist based in Texas, testified to that end Friday.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
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And to that end, this week, four of the remaining Republican candidates were on a debate stage in Alabama vying to defeat the one who once again failed to show, Donald Trump.
—ABC News, 10 Dec. 2023
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But talks to that end have been stalled for years, and Israel’s new government has shown more interest in the potential annexation of Palestinian land than in the possibility of statehood.
—Michael Crowley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
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The Catholic Church itself has long relied on images to this end, using the cross to represent the mystery of the Trinity, and using marble and gold and towering spires to signal its power to worshipers of a religion that preaches austerity.
—Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
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Hamas remains committed to eradicating Israel and is using hostages to this end, demanding an unrealistic ransom based on the Gilad Shalit precedent.
—WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
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There is also circumstantial evidence that in the early 1960s, Egypt flirted with the idea of developing radiological artillery shells and sought to import radioactive isotopes to that end.
—William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
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In our current political climate, where appearances trump virtually all other considerations, seeming to combat bigotry is often substituted for the vital task of implementing effective policies to that end.
—Eitan Fischberger, National Review, 12 Dec. 2023
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