as intended
idiom
: in the way that has been planned
If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.
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Still, experts say there are additional challenges to ensure that insurance plans and other health care economics allow for investment into biosimilars and create competition as intended.
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Giving your medication at least 30 to 60 minutes of breathing room (or longer, depending on your prescription) usually allows both to work as intended.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Product teams commit to using the platform as intended.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Week 1 raised hopes that the run defense would be better, as intended when Washington overhauled its defensive line, signed tackles Javon Kinlaw and Eddie Goldman and added Wise at D-end.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Giving your medication at least 30 to 60 minutes of breathing room (or longer, depending on your prescription) usually allows both to work as intended.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Product teams commit to using the platform as intended.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Week 1 raised hopes that the run defense would be better, as intended when Washington overhauled its defensive line, signed tackles Javon Kinlaw and Eddie Goldman and added Wise at D-end.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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“As intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20intended. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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