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by design







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Private-market investing is long-term by design, as is retirement investing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

As its organizers explained to the Guardian, this is mostly by design.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

This ambiguity is, at least partly, by design.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

First, by design, annuities reallocate money from those who die early to those who live forever.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Or bring them closer, either by design or accident?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan