purposely

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But the videos are purposely lower production value than a traditional ad.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

For your memoir you purposely take the parts of your life from childhood until about age of 30, the peak of your hip-hop career.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Then he purposely crash-landed into Ketron Island on Puget Sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The plaintiffs allege that the platforms are negligent and purposely designed to be harmful, echoing a strategy successfully used against the tobacco industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

And there was only one reason Emily could think of that Mr. Griswold would purposely hide a book and not enter it on Book Scavenger.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman