on purpose

phrase

: by intent : intentionally

I knew they hadn't done it on purpose.

Examples of on purpose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While people start about half of Canada's wildfires — accidentally or on purpose — fires sparked by lightning are responsible for more than 90% of the land area burned in Canada, Flannigan said. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Each one can be made on purpose instead, and each decides where your strongest engineers end up. — Dimitar Dimitrov, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

The filmmaking team went internal on purpose, and built a movie about a young man nobody remembers. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

California branding on the diapers Baby2Baby keeps its own packaging plain on purpose. — July 29, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for on purpose

• multipurpose