as intended
idiom
: in the way that has been planned
If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.
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Product teams commit to using the platform as intended.
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Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Week 1 raised hopes that the run defense would be better, as intended when Washington overhauled its defensive line, signed tackles Javon Kinlaw and Eddie Goldman and added Wise at D-end.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
And as intended, candidates who came in person were aged between early teens to adults.
—Kristine Kwak, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead of putting Outcast juice IN a normie, Isaac-Slurp wants to use it as intended and take the Hyde OUT of his sister.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Week 1 raised hopes that the run defense would be better, as intended when Washington overhauled its defensive line, signed tackles Javon Kinlaw and Eddie Goldman and added Wise at D-end.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
And as intended, candidates who came in person were aged between early teens to adults.
—Kristine Kwak, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead of putting Outcast juice IN a normie, Isaac-Slurp wants to use it as intended and take the Hyde OUT of his sister.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for as intended
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“As intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20intended. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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