by design

idiom

: according to plan : by intention
The motor is loud by design.

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For companies seeking safe vendors, privacy and security by design (where these elements are built in from the beginning rather than added on after the fact) are key. Rachel Curry, CNBC, 27 June 2025 And if the narrative is laden with details (and Easter eggs), that’s at least partly by design: Spent is very much about the overwhelmingness of today’s world. Book Marks june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 Tangerine What To Know The new designs were commissioned by the East Japan Railway Company, also known as JR East, and were completed by design studio Tangerine, based in London and Seoul. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025 Appealing light fixtures are retro-industrial, vintage-looking pieces by design firm The Back Studio at Matta. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for by design

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“By design.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20design. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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