by design

1. 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

If lenders don’t have a unified view of pledged assets across structures, risk models are blind by design.

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Progressive doesn’t get the attention of other great financial companies, and that’s partially by design.

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Chelsea's strategy, which sometimes faces criticism, is by design and one they believe will lead to greater success in the long-term, having already won the Conference League and Club World Cup last season.

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In-office mandates prompt some people to quit, and many suspect that is by design.

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But her idiosyncratic policy views are, by design, inseparable from her larger brand as a hair-on-fire nutcase of the most rancid sort.

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Related Words

• consciously 
• knowingly www.thesaurus.com
• pointedly 
• purposely 
• studiously www.thesaurus.com
• voluntarily 
• willfully