as intended
idiom
: in the way that has been planned
If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.
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Gopinath Kathiresan, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Otherwise, the Foerster Machine is working precisely as intended.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
That power inspired fear at home and abroad as intended.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Pérez suggests Gen Z humor contains a lot of references to something that did not begin as intended to be a joke.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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“As intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20intended. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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