intent on/upon (something)
idiom
: giving all of one's attention and effort to a specific task or goal
She seems intent on destroying our credibility.
They were intent on their work.
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Josh Brolin plays a grieving father who is intent on finding his missing child, and is suspicious that the young teacher had something to do with it.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
This new image was taken as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), which is intent on further probing in infrared light two patches of sky that were originally imaged by Hubble: the Hubble Deep Field (1995) and the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2004).
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Ballard remains intent on playing the long game with the 23-year-old, even if Richardson doesn’t beat out Jones for the starting job this season.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 30 July 2025
While her work has drawn fierce criticism from the same forces intent on dragging America back to a time when artists were expected to sing, dance, and stay silent about politics, Knowles-Carter has transcended the noise.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
This new image was taken as part of the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), which is intent on further probing in infrared light two patches of sky that were originally imaged by Hubble: the Hubble Deep Field (1995) and the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2004).
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Ballard remains intent on playing the long game with the 23-year-old, even if Richardson doesn’t beat out Jones for the starting job this season.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 30 July 2025
While her work has drawn fierce criticism from the same forces intent on dragging America back to a time when artists were expected to sing, dance, and stay silent about politics, Knowles-Carter has transcended the noise.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
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“Intent on/upon (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intent%20on%2Fupon%20%28something%29. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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