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to that end

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to that end

(formal, conjunctive, idiomatic) For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.
Synonyms: for that reason, therefore, so, wherefore, to which end, to this end, towards that end, for which purpose, for that purpose, for this purpose, to accomplish which
We think that the world would be a better place without advertisements. To that end, we are going to remove all of the banners from our website.
He was aiming to get into the school swimming team, and to that end he swam every evening.

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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. Marie Curie

The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors are invested with power to that end. And the greatest good of the people is liberty. It is to the state what health is to the individual. Denis Diderot

The utilitarian doctrine is, that happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end. John Stuart Mill

People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end. Daniel Gilbert

But of all motives, none is better adapted to secure influence and hold it fast than love; nothing is more foreign to that end than fear. Cicero

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end. Bhagat Singh

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