as intended
idiom
: in the way that has been planned
If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.
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After 100k, the game appears relatively stable, but mechanics don't work as intended.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The seatbelts that passengers were required under Canadian law to wear during landing worked as intended, keeping them strapped in even as the plane rolled over.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
This would mark Arizona's first execution since then, if is carried out as intended.
—CBS News, 12 Feb. 2025
LeBron James and Doja Cat get laughs, but the real fun, as intended, is in the supercuts of actual Taco Bell customers (many of them photographed, apparently, at the drive-thru) that flash on the screen.
—Rob Ledonne, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
The seatbelts that passengers were required under Canadian law to wear during landing worked as intended, keeping them strapped in even as the plane rolled over.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
This would mark Arizona's first execution since then, if is carried out as intended.
—CBS News, 12 Feb. 2025
LeBron James and Doja Cat get laughs, but the real fun, as intended, is in the supercuts of actual Taco Bell customers (many of them photographed, apparently, at the drive-thru) that flash on the screen.
—Rob Ledonne, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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“As intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20intended. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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