designed
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She proposed a "growth and investment reset" that ramps up funding to countries in need as part of a set of measures designed to provide sustained support at concessional rates.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Mark Walter’s insurance empire is under investigation by federal authorities — and the subject of discussions with state regulators — over allegations the businesses he controls failed to properly follow laws designed to protect investors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
His co-star Liang says her intense training regime was designed to help her replicate character Chun-Li's famous moves and distinctive, muscular look.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
One new model, dubbed Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, is designed to help businesses build so-called always-on AI agents, and is faster for long-running agentic tasks, Nvidia said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Burry also designed his fund to attract people who wanted to be long the stock market—who wanted to bet on stocks going up rather than stocks going down.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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