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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Peters would prefer the focus to be on the victims of abuse, and to this end, GB News has spotlighted a different survivor story for six days straight.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
And to this end, Judge Ignacio Fernandez de Senespleda, who is the head of Barcelona's Commercial Court 10, refused to grant a precautionary measure to register the forwards on Friday, meaning that Barca must file a new lawsuit against La Liga on December 30 at the turn of the week.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Can-Am has completely changed the frame and chassis for the new Outlander series to that end – and to accommodate the higher horsepower and torque of the new engine.
—New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
And to that end, some of 2025’s women to watch are Selena Gomez, New Zealand MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, Namibia president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, among others.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
And to this end, Judge Ignacio Fernandez de Senespleda, who is the head of Barcelona's Commercial Court 10, refused to grant a precautionary measure to register the forwards on Friday, meaning that Barca must file a new lawsuit against La Liga on December 30 at the turn of the week.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Can-Am has completely changed the frame and chassis for the new Outlander series to that end – and to accommodate the higher horsepower and torque of the new engine.
—New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
And to that end, some of 2025’s women to watch are Selena Gomez, New Zealand MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke, Namibia president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, among others.
—Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 13 Dec. 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 31 Jan. 2025.
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