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
I don't know whether that is by design or by just not having the players to dominate.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
Rowan had never been an exceptional student—but that was by design.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
