Targeted is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Targeted meaning
- Having something aimed at it.
- Aimed at something; focused.
Using Targeted
- The main meaning on this page is: Having something aimed at it. | Aimed at something; focused.
- In the example corpus, targeted often appears in combinations such as: targeted by, being targeted, was targeted.
Context around Targeted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Targeted
- In this selection, "targeted" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carefully, similarly, wrongly, school, commercial and journalists stand out and add context to how "targeted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allegedly been targeted in recent and also were targeted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "targeted" sits close to words such as unfortunately, contest and supposed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with targeted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Authorities also targeted professors and intellectuals who defended the students also were targeted. (13 words)
The number of these targeted professions is 160 targeted, which includes 5,000 job titles. (15 words)
So Jewish rights matter when targeted by right-wing extremists (whom liberals loathe), but not when targeted by anti-Zionists. (20 words)
Designed for targeted pleasure, this toy works internally and externally to help you discover what feels best, and boasting a soft bulb and ridge for targeted vibes as well as a curved handle, reaching all the right spots has never been easier. (42 words)
Targeted marketing doesn’t sound as sinister as the political ads that were targeted at users with the help of Cambridge Analytica’s thisisyourdigitallife personality quiz, but it’s in the same ballpark with regards to tempting users to fork over data. (42 words)
The Israeli military said its forces targeted Mavaz as he was preparing to launch rockets into the Israeli-occupied territories, a day after the regime assassinated senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata, along with his wife, in a targeted strike. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Seaford, who said she doesn’t know why she was targeted, is the latest known U.S. victim of targeted commercial spyware, including children of targeted journalists living in the U.S. and U.S. government employees working overseas.
So our rangers have three primary objectives in their surveillance effort one of course being targeted at illegal fishing and the other obviously being targeted at mangrove clearance and development areas in the entire coastline of Corozal Bay.
Targeted: Rules must be carefully targeted, rather than one-size-fits-all, because AI is a general-purpose technology that poses multidimensional threats.
As banks are repaying the amounts borrowed under the targeted longer-term refinancing operations, the Council will regularly assess how targeted lending operations and their ongoing repayment are contributing to its monetary policy stance.
Designed for targeted pleasure, this toy works internally and externally to help you discover what feels best, and boasting a soft bulb and ridge for targeted vibes as well as a curved handle, reaching all the right spots has never been easier.
Numerous owner-operators accused of theft were told they were the only people facing such claims, only to find out later that hundreds of others had been similarly targeted when some of those wrongly targeted raised the alarm.
Authorities also targeted professors and intellectuals who defended the students also were targeted.
In its study, “The Economics of a Targeted Economic Development Subsidy,” George Mason researchers found targeted subsidies are more likely to diminish rather than enhance the economic prosperity of communities that offer them.
Not only has Iran allegedly been targeted in recent days, but it was also targeted by Obama with the aid of Israel.
Seven of those attacks resulted in “harm to both the targeted person and random bystanders, and in three cases the harm was restricted to just those specifically targeted.
So Jewish rights matter when targeted by right-wing extremists (whom liberals loathe), but not when targeted by anti-Zionists.
Stockport fans parking in the Turf carpark were targeted by a group of Wrexham fans, however nearby police quickly put themselves between the two small groups, while Stockport buses on the Glyndwr University carpark were also targeted.
Targeted marketing doesn’t sound as sinister as the political ads that were targeted at users with the help of Cambridge Analytica’s thisisyourdigitallife personality quiz, but it’s in the same ballpark with regards to tempting users to fork over data.
The Israeli military said its forces targeted Mavaz as he was preparing to launch rockets into the Israeli-occupied territories, a day after the regime assassinated senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata, along with his wife, in a targeted strike.
The number of these targeted professions is 160 targeted, which includes 5,000 job titles.
After three years, 15 per cent of people treated with targeted cancer therapies were alive, compared to seven per cent in the non-targeted group.
In fact, a systematic investigation of targeted school shootings revealed that there simply “is no accurate or useful ‘profile’ of students who engaged in targeted school violence,” whether demographic, psychological or social.
Meanwhile, the artillery of the army targeted gatherings of Saudi-paid mercenaries in MBC mount and targeted other mercenaries in a crossing point in Qaus mount.
Previously malware attacks became more frequent and targeted, 88% of surveyed professionals responded that they noted a steady pace or assault incidence increase, either in phishing or further severely targeted email threats.
Calves are more commonly taken by orcas, but adults can be targeted as well.sfn These small whales are also targeted by terrestrial and pagophilic predators.
Common combinations with targeted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- targeted by 30×
- being targeted 16×
- was targeted 13×
- targeted at 11×
- be targeted 11×
- and targeted 10×
- of targeted 9×
- the targeted 9×
- targeted the 8×
- also targeted 8×