as intended
idiom
: in the way that has been planned
If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.
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Rather than deterring migration, as intended, the tax could deepen economic strain in parts of Mexico and Central America that rely on remittances, potentially increasing the pressure on individuals to migrate north in search of work.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Yet Medicare Advantage can work as intended with a few policy tweaks.
—Juliette Madrigal, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025
Moreover, these two experiments, which together tested separate therapies across 18 patients, offered hints that those cells, once implanted in the brain, might work as intended.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
Lastly, the agents have to be secure and act as intended.
—David Parker, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Yet Medicare Advantage can work as intended with a few policy tweaks.
—Juliette Madrigal, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025
Moreover, these two experiments, which together tested separate therapies across 18 patients, offered hints that those cells, once implanted in the brain, might work as intended.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
Lastly, the agents have to be secure and act as intended.
—David Parker, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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“As intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20intended. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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