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by design
Idioms and Phrases
On purpose, deliberately, as in Whether by luck or by design, his application was accepted . This term, originally put as on design , uses design in the sense of “plan.” [First half of 1600s]Example Sentences
"We begin with the idea that golf, by design, is a game of mistakes, and if you love golf, you have to love the mistakes," he said.
She said parents and carers "need to be supported in managing their children's online activities and setting appropriate boundaries", and technology companies must "take responsibility for making the online world safe by design".
Like everything in the series, this was by design.
Then again, what is one workday against the next to those who, by design, never feel like they leave the office?
"It's not by accident, it's by design," he says.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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