Sentence examples for calculated to boost from inspiring English sources

But it was really a symbolic gesture calculated to boost the budget's unabashedly political appeal.

But the promise of a moratorium on artillery and air strikes was new and appeared calculated to boost Mr. Kadyrov's standing with the Chechen public.

In government, Mr. Medvedev allocated oil windfall profits for social spending in what were called National Projects, controlling billions of dollars of discretionary funds for agriculture, education, health care and housing, a position analysts said was calculated to boost his popularity.

She and Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska are working on a plan that would carry a lower nominal price tag than the current bill -- perhaps $200 billion lower -- but which would focus on aid to states, "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects, food stamp increases and other items calculated to boost business and consumer spending quickly.

Unusually, he won his fiercely contested primary for the Senate seat with help from the state's incumbent Democratic senator, Claire McCaskill, who ran television advertisements calculated to boost Mr Akin among local conservatives, in what appeared to be a pick-your-own opponent gambit.

That's why the company outlined a series of improvements calculated to boost its appeal to business.

Supercomputer aim to boost business.

CVS, one of the nation's largest drugstore chains, said Wednesday that it will stop selling cigarettes at its 7,600 locations in an expensive but calculated bid to boost its image as a full-fledged health-care provider rather than a simple purveyor of greeting cards and shampoo.

Several sources believe Johnson, who as London mayor built a broad appeal beyond the ruling Conservative Party, threw his support behind the "Out" campaign in a calculated move to boost his chances of replacing Cameron.

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This feels calculated to me.