as intended
idiom
: in the way that has been planned
If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.
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The message did not land as intended, and her mother-in-law reacted emotionally.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
With physical construction complete, Roman now shifts into a lengthy campaign of environmental and performance testing under simulated space conditions designed to verify that the spacecraft can survive the stresses of launch and operate as intended once in space.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Ratings will jump, clips will recirculate to reach viral status and podcasts will have to splice in extra segments if his words hit their target as intended.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Nov. 2025
Millard devotes a large amount of space to Bell in her book, ending with his agonizing failure, depicted in the end, to get the induction balance to work on Garfield as intended.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
With physical construction complete, Roman now shifts into a lengthy campaign of environmental and performance testing under simulated space conditions designed to verify that the spacecraft can survive the stresses of launch and operate as intended once in space.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Ratings will jump, clips will recirculate to reach viral status and podcasts will have to splice in extra segments if his words hit their target as intended.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Nov. 2025
Millard devotes a large amount of space to Bell in her book, ending with his agonizing failure, depicted in the end, to get the induction balance to work on Garfield as intended.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
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“As intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20intended. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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