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designs

  • plural
    of design.
    design
    verb (used with object)
    to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of.
  • present tense form
    of design (3rd person singular).
    design
    verb (used with object)
    to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of.

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At the beginning of 2026, sitting in his office as one of the highest-ranking prosecutors in Los Angeles County, McKinney had no designs on trying to become L.A.’s city attorney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

According to the team, this approach delivers performance that surpasses existing types of spectrometers in several key areas, including designs based on light dispersion, Fourier transforms, and computational reconstruction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The company suspected the trio of leaking internal designs of its artificial-intelligence models to an external AI-safety researcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Following a Mesoamerican tradition, farm workers used to etch simple geometric designs into thick paper made from tree bark.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“We can drop the egg designs from my window,” Dari explained as Twig and I walked over to the window to peer out at his setup.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller