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July 27, 2007

Target

target (noun, verb) - what you aim to reach or achieve

a target customer
a target market
a sales target
a target audience
a target group
a recruitment target
the targeted group
a targeted industry
a target level
a saturated target market
meet needs of target customers
a target date

on target
set a target
achieve the target
exceed target
an attainable target
an unattainable target
an ambitious target
an unrealistic target
an inviting target
offer an easy target
the intended target

miss the target
narrowly miss the target
short of target
fall short of target
a reachable target
a more reachable target
hit the target
hit a moving target
the current target
target x to y
x made it a target for y
working towards a target of

an inflation target
financial targets
performance targets
long-term target
near-term target
target price
target weight

the target of protests
the target of comments
a spending target
a woefully inadequate target
a moving target
hit a moving target
an optimistic target
a wildly optimistic target
off target
below target
fall below target
remain below target
stay within target

a target rate
a target growth rate
raise the target
lower the target
set a target rate
buy or sell at the target rate


Example sentences:

* Let's first start by understanding our target market.

* We still don't have the resources needed to meet the sales target.

* The answer is simply not to offer speculators an easy target.

* The World Trade Organisation was the target of the Seattle protests.

* The Internal Revenue Service saw tax collections fall 6% below target.

* The Commerce Ministry has set a more modest rice export target for next year.

* Whether this year's target will be achieved or not is still not clear.

* The SUV's size and low fuel economy has made it a target for environmental groups.

* The government would fail to meet its target growth rate of 2.6% of GDP this year.

* That modest spending target is woefully inadequate and unrealistic.

* "Let's not miss the target and have innocent people suffer."

* There was no confusion about who the intended target of his comments really was.

* That's the only kind of target he'll ever hit.

* The sales staff may miss its target this month.

* "It's the one big target we can really hit that will maximize profits."

* Quite on target.

* It was a very inviting target.

* She's an expert on how to design social safety nets and target them to assist the most needy groups.

* The central bank stood ready to buy or sell at the target rate.

* The government has set a target of 4% growth.

* More investment is needed to reach this year's economic growth target.

* Their customer service offerings are hitting the target.

* They were unwilling to stick to their original target group of upwardly mobile young dermatologists.

* This is the most ambitious sales target we've set in years!

* Our mission is to meet the home furnishing needs of our target customers.

* Apparently our target market is saturated.

* That official growth target would be wildly optimistic!

* She still swears the 8% sales target is unattainable this year since the economy is so sluggish.

* America has never before been the target of concerted attack from an unidentified foe.

* You are the target audience of our dreams.

* You are the target of a police investigation.

* She finally found her ideal target audience and it was herself!

* The political party will target wavering citizens in the next election.

* They just narrowly missed their target.

* It's hard to hit a moving target.

* The Fed will raise the fed-funds target rate by 75 basis points.

* There is really no reason to lower the rate from its current target of 4.75%.

* Many have been bracing for the Fed to raise the target for the federal-funds short-term rate

* This is well-above the Fed's target growth rate of 5 percent.

* The results for December remain below target.

* Many contended that the 2013 target date was too far off in the future without enough sense of urgency.

* Let's set a more reachable target.


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