"to that end" meaning in English

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          "text": "We think that the world would be a better place without advertisements. To that end, we are going to remove all of the banners from our website."
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          "text": "He was aiming to get into the school swimming team, and to that end he swam every evening."
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          "text": "Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone.\nTo that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.",
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        "For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result."
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        "(formal, conjunctive, idiomatic) For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result."
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          "word": "for that reason"
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          "word": "therefore"
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          "word": "wherefore"
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          "word": "to which end"
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        {
          "word": "to this end"
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        {
          "word": "towards that end"
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          "word": "for which purpose"
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        {
          "word": "for that purpose"
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          "word": "for this purpose"
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          "word": "to accomplish which"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "for that reason",
          "word": "te dien einde"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "for that reason",
          "word": "sitä varten"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "for that reason",
          "word": "à cet effet"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "for that reason",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "for that reason",
          "word": "para esse fim"
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          "roman": "radi etovo",
          "sense": "for that reason",
          "word": "ради этого"
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          "roman": "s etoj celʹju",
          "sense": "for that reason",
          "word": "с этой целью"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dlja etovo",
          "sense": "for that reason",
          "word": "для этого"
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        "(formal, conjunctive, idiomatic) For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result."
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          "word": "to which end"
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          "word": "to this end"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "for that reason",
      "word": "te dien einde"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for that reason",
      "word": "sitä varten"
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      "sense": "for that reason",
      "word": "à cet effet"
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      "sense": "for that reason",
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      "sense": "for that reason",
      "word": "para esse fim"
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      "roman": "radi etovo",
      "sense": "for that reason",
      "word": "ради этого"
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  "word": "to that end"
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