by design
Example Sentences
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"They make their products addictive by design so they automatically have hooked in children and adults."
From BBC
But it also leaves one realizing that “A Private Life,” despite the commanding leading lady holding its center, is a bit mixed up by design.
From Los Angeles Times
The head of a central bank is someone with an alternative pole of power who, by design, must speak truth to power.
From BBC
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
