by design
Example Sentences
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But the hope that games might one day absorb humanity’s deepest conflicts underestimates how much those conflicts depend on stakes that games, by design, cannot replicate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
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
That uncertainty is by design, according to Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University law professor.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
The original Sesame Street was anti-narrative: it was, by design, an unconnected collection of sketches.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
