by design
Example Sentences
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"Clinical trials are the gold standard, but by design, they are slow," says Guntuku.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
“That was by design — to infuse the club and the community and grow that,” Reynolds said of he and his partner’s aims.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
As its organizers explained to the Guardian, this is mostly by design.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
This ambiguity is, at least partly, by design.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Though none of this was by design, it proved to be the best possible setting for those who had been imprisoned in Germany.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
