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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arguably wanted to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a subjective opinion about someone's desires or intentions, suggesting that there is a reasonable argument for that viewpoint.
Example: "He arguably wanted to improve the team's performance, but his methods were often questioned."
Alternatives: "possibly wished to" or "may have desired to".
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In fact, what I gather from the staid sharing I see on present-day Facebook is that Zuckerberg was wrong about the thing he arguably wanted to change most of all -- and even claimed he had changed: our generation's eagerness to make everything known.
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Yes, obviously a new trailer means new website coverage and Warner arguably wanted something new to attach to Interstellar and Walt Disney & 039 s Big Hero6 this weekend.
Grime's surge in popularity and acceptance could, arguably, if we wanted to be a tiny bit reductive, be implicitly down to two white dudes in glasses: the MOBO winning video for Skepta's world-conquering "That's Not Me" was shot by Tim and Barry for £80.
Arguably what we wanted to attempt was a combination of these two things but we have nevertheless labelled what we did a scoping review.
Certainly Hart and the arguably chronically depressed Kaufman wanted to demonstrate that happiness is just a matter of psychological adjustment.
This is not (necessarily) to say that modern mathematics is required to answer any of the problems that Zeno explicitly wanted to raise; arguably Aristotle and other ancients had replies that would—or should—have satisfied Zeno.
Researches at UEA wanted to focus on "arguably one of the most important young British directors to emerge in a generation".
Frankenheimer was forced to find a new career as a movie director (for which he is now arguably best known), although he had wanted to continue in television.
The campaign and its victory represents more than just a group of people who wanted to save what is arguably the UK's most important skate spot.
We wanted to see whether photographs containing arguably negative properties (for example, blurriness or finger bombing) received a premium relative to those containing no such negative property.
In the entertainment world, Greta Garbo arguably made the most famous exit, simply saying she wanted to be alone.
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