in·tend·ed
in-ˈten-dəd 
1
: expected to be such in the future
an intended career
his intended bride
2
intendedly
adverb
: the person to whom another is engaged
Examples of intended in a Sentence
Adjective
The book failed to reach its intended audience.
you may feign innocence, but I know that that last remark was an intended dig
Noun
after a bit of bickering, she and her intended have finally picked out a wedding site
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Scott Zoldi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Not only is hiring weak, but the industries most exposed to tariffs have been shedding workers – exactly the opposite of the intended outcome.
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In the eight- and 16-bit era, the key art used in a game’s pack-in manual was more intended to stir the imagination.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Many more were maimed, and almost all the carnage was the direct and intended result of Iran’s nascent Axis.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
To successfully operationalize GenAI, businesses must double down on focus—first, with FLMs and their domain-specific data training, and second, with focused domain usage, by defining knowledge anchors for intended use.
—Scott Zoldi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Not only is hiring weak, but the industries most exposed to tariffs have been shedding workers – exactly the opposite of the intended outcome.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
In the eight- and 16-bit era, the key art used in a game’s pack-in manual was more intended to stir the imagination.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Many more were maimed, and almost all the carnage was the direct and intended result of Iran’s nascent Axis.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intended
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“Intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intended. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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