by design
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The new AI model was described as being small and fast by design, capable of reasoning through complex questions in science, math and health.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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
But there was a Germany the boys could not see, a Germany that was hidden from them, either by design or by time.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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