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  • noun Plural form of objective.

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  • In response to criticism from environmentalists, the company has claimed that one of its main objectives is to conserve the island's natural attractions.

    Mexico Economic Updates April 2006 2006

  • In response to criticism from environmentalists, the company has claimed that one of its main objectives is to conserve the island's natural attractions.

    Mexico Economic Updates April 2006 2006

  • But when such prominent planning writers as Ansoff (1965) included “expansion of product lines” and “merger” under the list of objectives while Lorange (198Oa) used the word objectives to mean strategies,7 one is not very encouraged.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • But when such prominent planning writers as Ansoff (1965) included “expansion of product lines” and “merger” under the list of objectives while Lorange (198Oa) used the word objectives to mean strategies,7 one is not very encouraged.

    The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994

  • They all support achieving their objectives regardless of the cost, mostly because one of their objectives is always to make sure that someone else is stuck with paying those costs.

    Key groups push for Senate health care bill 2009

  • That's what I defined as our objectives and we achieved them.

    Joint Remarks In Press Availability ITY National Archives 1999

  • That's what I defined as our objectives and we achieved them.

    Remarks In Press Availability In Germany ITY National Archives 1999

  • In an interview this week freshman Republican Rep. Tom Marino expressed concerns about the long-term objectives of the U.S. military's involvement in Libya.

    HUFFPOST HILL - Boehner Plays Down Budget Agreement Eliot Nelson 2011

  • It can provide quick reaction funds for smaller projects, but generally in a more fragmented approach that is relatively insensitive to long-term objectives.

    Edward Corcoran: Afghanistan: Time to Build Edward Corcoran 2011

  • "If your entire overall mission and purpose as an institution is to reduce poverty, and then you further that by saying that one of the main objectives of your energy financing is to increase access for the poor, we want to see the poor benefit," Mainhardt-Gibbs continued.

    Stephen Kretzmann: The Polluter's Newfound Concern for the Poor Stephen Kretzmann 2010

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