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The phrase "are not ends" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing goals, purposes, or conclusions, often to emphasize that something is ongoing or not final.
Example: "In our journey of learning, knowledge and understanding are not ends, but rather continuous processes."
Alternatives: "are not conclusions" or "are not final destinations".
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Corporations are not ends in themselves.
"These reforms, Mr. President, are not ends in themselves.
"Systems mapping, system modeling – all these scientific tools and methods – these are not ends in themselves," Hsueh says.
To make sense of this tsunami of factoids, never forget that data and analysis are not ends in themselves.
The assailed provisions, in this view, are not ends in and of themselves, but means to the legitimate end of conserving the highways.
Growth and all those other economic things that newspapers and prime ministers have gone on about for decades are not ends; they are means.
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"We are not ending the program.
"We are not ending public television.
We are not ending homelessness, we are rearranging it.
"Those are features — those aren't ends in themselves.
These other nodes, the ones that aren't end nodes are called decision nodes.
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