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pur·pos·es

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How to use purposes in a sentence?

  1. Daniel Ahmadizadeh:

    We wanted to build something that is not just great for others, but for our selfish purposes so we don't get bored, i watch basketball when I get home but that's not on.

  2. Norval Morris:

    The prime function of the criminal law is to protect our persons and our property; these purposes are now engulfed in a mass of other distracting, inefficiently performed, legislative duties. When the criminal law invades the spheres of private morality and social welfare, it exceeds its proper limits at the cost of neglecting its primary tasks. This unwarranted extension is expensive, ineffective, and criminogenic.

  3. Ken Mapp:

    If they purchased it and on these forms they said their use was for agriculture purposes, which is the only legal way they could use it, and then brought them into the territory and used them in commercial and residential buildings, that's a clear and malice violation of the law.

  4. Bennie Thompson:

    I have some questions about how the (Department of Homeland Security) would go about determining the legitimacy of the business-related purposes.

  5. Donna Davis:

    We haven't evolved a hawk to catch things for our own purposes -- we're just utilizing its natural abilities.


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