by design

Example Sentences

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Family systems are, by design, infantilizing to the youngest members, and that hierarchy can persist for both parents and their children, regardless of how much money anyone earns.

From MarketWatch

Uniforms have come to define the American worker, telling the story of the country’s decades-long dependence on workers who are made anonymous by design.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you came out of “The Smashing Machine” thinking “that must have hurt,” it was by design.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s by design: From the moment the Xcel left the shipyard until it welcomed its first shakedown guests, every venue was put through rigorous stress tests.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whether money changes hands or not, the child’s natural bond with his mother is deliberately broken by design.

From The Wall Street Journal