meant

Example Sentences

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For David, navigating this process meant spending ten hours on the phone and resubmitting the same clinical documentation three times.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The month-long relief announced last Friday was meant to cool soaring energy prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

After it was repaired in April 2025, remaining pinhole tears caused by embers from the fire meant the reservoir had to be drained again, Collins said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

As the etymologist Anatoly Liberman has pointed out, in its earliest forms, haga, hegg and hegge, the word meant “enclosure” or “yard,” especially the residence of a feudal lord.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

I remembered suddenly how much sky had meant to Mama.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom