by design
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I started wondering how a band like that got past the velvet rope and realized that none of it was by accident, it was all by design.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
But you wouldn’t know this — the packaging is left unmarked by design.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
"Clinical trials are the gold standard, but by design, they are slow," says Guntuku.
From Science Daily • May 24, 2026
An AI CEO is frictionless by design, which also makes it self-guarded by design.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
He had come to this tower-keep by chance, and yet the chance was all design; or he had come by design and yet all the design had merely chanced to come about.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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