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on purpose

ADVERB
done of one's own free will
Synonyms
WEAK
after consideration by design calculatingly consciously deliberately designed freely in cold blood intentionally knowingly of one's own free will premeditatedly premeditatively purposefully purposely purposively voluntarily willfully with eyes wide open with full intent wittingly

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Venegas is now adding her voice to this shared-but-fractured written history; albeit, not entirely on purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

"Socially I can be very awkward – not on purpose – but when it comes to football, I'm really open and happy," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Others theorized that Epstein was spelling incorrectly on purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

NBA teams are increasingly losing games on purpose to improve their draft prospects and basketball must consider every possible remedy to stamp out deliberate "tanking," the league's chief said Saturday.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

Except one time, in the hallway right before third period, I thought Dante might have bumped into me on purpose.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

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