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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aim to seize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing an intention or goal to take advantage of an opportunity or to capture something.
Example: "Our organization aims to seize the moment and implement innovative solutions that will benefit our community."
Alternatives: "strive to capture" or "intend to grasp".
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The path is clear for Roche, which will most likely aim to seize a majority of the Illumina board in late spring.
Fighting restarted in earnest last week, however, after US calls for a ceasefire at the end of November, as pro-government militias aim to seize as much ground as possible before hostilities are supposed to stop.
Its military wing, the External Security Organisation, is on the British government's list of proscribed terrorist organisations because of its "armed resistance to the state of Israel", aim to seize all Palestinian territories and "support for terrorism".
Concerns persist that they aim to seize the city, as such a move would open up a fresh battlefront and almost certainly end the truce, already damaged by the rebel capture of Debaltseve.
Shenker lists some of "the debates lived out by Egyptian revolutionaries – over what sort of governance structures their lives, whether or not they should aim to seize state power, how best human beings can find the space in which to imagine and implement alternative forms of sovereignty and the courage to stand up to the brutality that will confront them along the way".
But now, the young curators and artists at the new 300 million renminbi, or $47.1 million, Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Beijing say they aim to seize the leadership of the drive to create world-class spaces to exhibit contemporary artists from across China.
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From its inception, the Landlord's Game aimed to seize on the natural human instinct to compete.
They mention that she was aiming for the King's horse but vary as to whether she was aiming to seize its reins.
Anticipating that legislators aimed to seize state-owned arms, late one night the governor signed over ownership of the contents of the state arsenal to the local commander.
Operation Free Sinjar aims to seize back the town, shutting off major Isis supply routes and establishing a buffer zone to protest its civilians from artillery fire.
The Taliban have repeatedly concentrated their forces, bringing together as many as 200-300 fighters and aiming to seize and hold entire districts for short periods.
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