as in intentionally
with full awareness of what one is doing
the puzzle was designedly difficult to decipher
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The Justice Department said last month that UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine intentionally used race for the last three years to discriminate against white and Asian applicants during admissions.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026 -
The only way real barriers to non-factory service could be required to work on a ladder-frame gas-engine truck would be if the automaker intentionally loaded it with proprietary nonsense.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
11 June 2026
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Adding scientists to the corps in the late 1960s, and deliberately recruiting women and Black astronauts in the 1970s, were widely hailed as steps the agency was taking back then towards diversity.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 June 2026
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This includes deliberately wasting time, persistently breaking rules, trying to trick the referees or unsportsmanlike behavior.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Milania Giudice, daughter of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice, was arrested and charged with simple assault and purposely/knowingly causing a bodily injury on May 14, People reports.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
11 June 2026
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In a meeting with his father and Johnny Sac late in season four, Lupertazzi purposely lets information about Tony slip to put the squeeze on New Jersey.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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“Designedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designedly. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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