by design

idiom

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

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Although the first two games weren’t ideal, a tough non-district slate is scheduled by design. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025 And companies like Intuitive Captive Solutions, by design, empower that shift. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 Security And Compliance By Design Security and compliance are not afterthoughts in industrial DataOps; instead, they are embedded by design. Nagesh Nama, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 But the dynamics of X, where Silver posts more or less daily, are far more politicized by design. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 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 16 Sep. 2025.

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