not by design
Example Sentences
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For his part, director Garland says any extratextual relationship between Dunst and Spaeny was a fortuitous byproduct and not by design.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
This particular flight was not, by design, intended to make it all the way around the Earth.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024
Blackswan's atypical line-up was not by design initially and reflects the trajectory of the development of K-pop.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023
“It’s not by design that we don’t take guys here, that’s not it,” Carroll said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023
It was by chance, however, and not by design, that I met a third person of the story, Morton the butler.
From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
