by design
Example Sentences
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That’s partly by design: The company has been trying to juice anticipation by drip-feeding Sarti to U.S. bars, restaurants and stores since June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The galette, which is essentially a freeform pie, is already one of the great weeknight forms — sweet or savory, rustic by design, deeply forgiving.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
But that is by design, said INRIA's Serena Ivaldi, as the robots "have to act in human environments" without startling the people they help.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
That’s by design: If another Great Depression struck, Social Security would, ideally, still be there.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He had come to this tower-keep by chance, and yet the chance was all design; or he had come by design and yet all the design had merely chanced to come about.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
