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as in planned
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company
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as in prepared
to work out the details of (something) in advance
the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency
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Recent Examples of designed
Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2025
This version is designed with multiple compartments underneath to keep remotes, books, and more items organized.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Vampire Nuggets – Crispy chicken nuggets shaped like vampire fangs and bats served in a carton designed as a coffin.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
These are warehouses located near major ports designed to minimize ground transportation expenses and streamline the flow of goods into its wider fulfillment network.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
It is designed for convenience and quick, one-on-one conversations.
—Rebecca Lazar, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO Collector 2019 is a track-ready variant that wears a racing livery designed in collaboration with the Swiss watchmaker Roger Dubuis.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
Tom Prioli, director of karting, designed the Overland Park courses.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
They’re designed to have very few or zero single points of failure.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
Razer was founded by Tan and Robert Krakoff in 2005, and the company became known for the Boomslang, a mouse — named after a deadly snake — designed specifically for gaming.
—Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2025
This version is designed with multiple compartments underneath to keep remotes, books, and more items organized.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Vampire Nuggets – Crispy chicken nuggets shaped like vampire fangs and bats served in a carton designed as a coffin.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
These are warehouses located near major ports designed to minimize ground transportation expenses and streamline the flow of goods into its wider fulfillment network.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
It is designed for convenience and quick, one-on-one conversations.
—Rebecca Lazar, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO Collector 2019 is a track-ready variant that wears a racing livery designed in collaboration with the Swiss watchmaker Roger Dubuis.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
Tom Prioli, director of karting, designed the Overland Park courses.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
They’re designed to have very few or zero single points of failure.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for designed
Adjective
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In fact, though, this is exactly the intended consequence.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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In fact, the core messages can get garbled if the media can’t keep up with the intended meaning.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Dean and some of the others who planned to go to Costa Rica filed consumer complaints with the Attorney General’s Office about Arenal Outdoor.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2025
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The area’s other soccer team, Sacramento Republic FC, initially planned to have a new stadium in the downtown Railyards as far back as 2019.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Nothing could have prepared her for the diagnosis that was yet to come.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Democrats prepared for a high-profile Trump rally or endorsement in Pennsylvania that never came.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Adams described the attack as deliberate and that Koehler intended to terrorize the victim.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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Their learning is efficient because it’s embodied, adaptive, deliberate, and continuous.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In honor of Bruce Willis, who’s been battling frontotemporal dementia for two years, last night’s Soho Sessions aimed to raise awareness of (and funds for) the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD), the organization leading research into the incurable condition.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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While Microsoft’s humanist version of superintelligence is aimed at building a safer AI, just using the term ‘superintelligence’ is sure to raise eyebrows in the AI safety world.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Jared Isaacman, who founded the payments company Shift4, has organized, funded and commanded two private astronaut missions to Earth orbit, both of them using SpaceX hardware.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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During last month’s IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington, Barclays organized a private meeting to talk investment opportunities with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, two sources familiar with the meeting told Semafor.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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To compensate, Goddard administration arranged for food trucks on campus as an alternative option for employees.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The functional centerpiece is a six-story staircase, which leads museumgoers past stone monuments and pharaonic statues arranged in reverse chronological order.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Riffmade founders Stephanie Betesh and Nicholas Steigmann devised a whole line of furnishings with this idea in mind, starting with a desk that can be covered up when the work day is over.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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The British military historian John Keegan revealed the hazards of this kind of planning in his anatomy of the Schlieffen Plan, the German strategy for fighting a two-front continental war that was devised, in 1905, by the chief of the army’s general staff, Alfred von Schlieffen.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Designed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designed. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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