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It's the first time I have been (intentionally ) made to laugh out loud at a style piece.
"When we spoke to the investigator he told us that it was an incendiary fire, which means that it was a suspected arson, that someone intentionally set the place aflame," Zahid said in a video message on the institute's Facebook page.
She said the video "intentionally spreads some of the worst ideas of an extremely socially conservative and patriarchal society".
I would never intentionally do anything that might leave country music.
At around 2.15pm on Saturday 26 April 2014 the victim was cycling along St Mary's Road when a blue estate car drove intentionally into the back of him, slamming him to the ground.
Supported by the Guardian, the campaign's primary goal was, and still is, to get people, organisations, companies and even governments to pledge to reduce their carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010 – an intentionally straightforward gesture, both in its simplicity and achievability.
Rodriguez, who is allowed to play as his suspension is appealed, was thrown at intentionally on Sunday by Boston's Ryan Dempster (who was subsequently suspended for five games); watched his lawyer be ambushed on NBC's The Today Show on Monday; and also prepared to file a grievance via the players union against the Yankees, for the way they've handled his hip issues.
One of the main ways in which The Wire uses comedy is to develop someone's character, because we never get a clearer picture of someone than when they are being funny (though not necessarily intentionally).
"No woman intentionally harms her unborn child," he said.
Apple intentionally deleted music not bought from iTunes from users' iPods between 2007 and 2009, a court was told in a antitrust suit against Apple.
The core strategy will be to intentionally focus growth on sectors of the economy that provide local jobs but don't deplete natural assets or the social fabric of the state – sectors like arts and culture, biotechnology, clean energy, education, financial services, food and forest products, and healthcare.
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The primary function of "intentionally " is to act as an adverb , modifying verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to specify that an action was performed on purpose. Ludwig AI confirms this usage through numerous examples where "intentionally" clarifies the deliberate nature of actions.
Expression frequency: Very common
