by design

idiom

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

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And that was by design, said Rocha, who was evicted by a vote of 8-4 on July 31. David Wysong, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025 Some businesses are starting to look at decentralized AI by design. Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025 This was by design, Rep. Brad Buckley told the American-Statesman. Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 Whether by design or chance, the selflessness helped compensate for a strange approach that impacted his singing for roughly half the show. Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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