by design

idiom

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

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This was by design: Suarez had pitched four of the previous five games for a bullpen that had been used heavily since having to cover Michael King’s start on Saturday in Atlanta. Jeff Sanders, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025 For example, Amazon Bedrock keeps customer data secure by design and supports configurable guardrails, while Google Vertex AI implements Google Cloud security controls to help secure your models and training data. Jeffrey Hammond, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 Probably my most meaningful successes are immeasurable and by design completely private. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 28 May 2025 Part of this was by design but also because the players usually made available to lower-division clubs by the Premier League elite are young, inexperienced and far from the finished article. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 28 May 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 3 Jun. 2025.

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