by design

idiom

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

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Deceptive by design The centers’ deceptive tactics appear before clients walk through their doors. Carly Thomsen, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025 Oh, and that might be by design. New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025 The halving was the first the currency has experienced and came about by design, reflecting how Bittensor shares the same anti-inflationary architecture as Bitcoin. Ben Weiss, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025 This was by design, as Brown explained in an interview prior to the event. Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 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 21 Dec. 2025.

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