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I'm looking for vs I'm looking to

Both of these phrases are correct, but they're used in different contexts. "I'm looking for" is used when searching for something specific, while "I'm looking to" is used to express a goal or intention.
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I'm looking for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when searching for something specific.

This phrase is used when you are searching for a particular item, person, or information.

Examples:

  • I'm looking for my keys.
  • She's looking for a new job.
  • We are looking for a solution to the problem.
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  • Jul 31, 2018 ... Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For · U2 The Best Of 1980 - 1990 ℗ 1987 Island Records, ...
  • Apr 3, 2022 ... U2 - 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' (New Exclusive 9 min studio version). 1.2M views · 2 years ago ...more ...
  • 1 day ago ... I'm looking for a sport convertible to celebrate turning 70. What do you recommend? Petrina Gentile and Mark Richardson. Special to The Globe ...
  • Dec 1, 2013 ... I'm looking for a propane fuel gauge that will tell me how much pressure is currently flowing through the regulator.
  • Jan 25, 2024 ... The problem is that the list of choices will be very long if we would enter them all, so I'm looking for a way to simplify it. The best wo…
  • 3 days ago ... I'm looking for a specific moment from a bullshittery... Question. It's the moment where Soviet says that they're doing a charity stream for ...
  • Aug 29, 2018 ... What I'm Looking for… (thoughts from a nine-year-old museum visitor). Tyler (right) and her sister Ryan with Harry Potter's robe at ...
  • Jun 22, 2024 ... I'm looking for advice on embedding a Discourse forum directly into my website · Support · email · jessicakete (jessica kete) June 22, 2024, 12 ...

Alternatives:

  • I need to find
  • I'm searching for

I'm looking to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when expressing a goal or intention.

This phrase is used when you are expressing a goal, intention, or purpose.

Examples:

  • I'm looking to improve my English.
  • She's looking to buy a new car.
  • We are looking to expand our business.
  • Dec 8, 2011 ... ... I'm looking to sell my car in July. In a recent survey, the Usage Panel was divided almost evenly on this usage, with 52 percent of the ...
  • Sep 17, 2024 ... I'm looking to play a game that's similar to it on PC. I already played Skyrim. I was thinking of getting into a soulslike game but that might ...
  • I'm looking to start my own business. We are looking to open three new stores next year. They were looking to buy a house in the countryside. She will be ...
  • Aug 1, 2024 ... I'm looking to buy a 3ds and was wondering if I needed a new Nintendo 3ds to Play Pokémon Ultra sun. Link Flair Not Set. I looked it up and ...
  • Jan 21, 2021 ... I'm looking to drill into individual Support Rep reports in Intercom; specifically the time they spend in Intercom; time they assigned their ...
  • Aug 19, 2024 ... I'm looking to upgrade my plan, but it's currently locked, and I'm unable to make the payment at the moment ; Digital_Tools August 19, 2024, 4: ...
  • Dec 3, 2020 ... I'm looking to setup an automated way to take custom attributes synced over to IC as Company Data, and put that into a spreadsheet for our agents to use as a ...
  • Nov 2, 2015 ... I'm looking to schedule an automatic restart of ArcGIS Server ... Using a batch file + windows task scheduler. Looks like AGSSOM is not an option ...
  • I'm looking to upgrade my gear from the Canon T5 Rebel. Go to solution · ASolo. Contributor. Options. Mark as New; Bookmark; Subscribe; Mute; Subscribe to RSS ...
  • I'm looking to add a column and formula to calculate Planned % Complete. Can anyone help? Cathy Wagner. 12/22/20 in Formulas and Functions.

Alternatives:

  • I aim to
  • I intend to

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