The purpose of language is to communicate information.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

"From the beginning of the program, there was only one focused and all-important purpose: we sought and we obtained specific information on terrorist plans,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"The purpose of this review is clear: We must compile every piece of information that was known about the gunman, and we must learn what was done with that information.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

We are going to use this information internally for any lawful purpose and we will share on an anonymous basis this information with third parties, which will use it for any lawful purpose.

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It is essentially a closed platform, which makes it challenging and costly for hospitals to interface Epic with clinical or billing software from other companies for the purpose of merging patient information.

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Nonfiction readers have a purpose: to acquire information.

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