by design
Example Sentences
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Districts not willing to provide the required increased instruction at every school would, by design, lose access to the new arts money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Private equity is abstract by design; the role of these firms is hard to figure for anyone outside of the C-suite.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement that it is up to the platforms themselves to prove they are safe by design for young people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"It must ensure that proportionate age restrictions go hand-in-hand with robust safety measures so that digital environments both protect and empower children, by design and default," they wrote.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
As if by design, they both stopped at the same spot, above the half-submerged, rooty clump of a fallen tree.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
