targeted

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targeted

  1. simple past and past participle of target

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targeted (comparative more targeted, superlative most targeted)

  1. Having something aimed at it.
    The targeted objects include two military bases and an airfield.
  2. Aimed at something; focused.
    Our targeted interventions are aimed at the students who need help the most.
    • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 55:
      The research data was collected by conducting targeted searches on a number of electronically available historical texts.

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