as intended
idiom
: in the way that has been planned
If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.
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Are applications performing as intended, and how is value being tracked?
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Guru Sethupathy, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The Post reported that Musk never enrolled in graduate courses at Stanford University as intended when awarded his visa.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
In other words, the way the war has played out allows the IRGC and its hard-line allies in the regime to assert that their strategy worked as intended.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
Lakers, 1999-2000: Phil Jackson’s first year as coach in L.A. ended as intended.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
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Guru Sethupathy, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The Post reported that Musk never enrolled in graduate courses at Stanford University as intended when awarded his visa.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025
In other words, the way the war has played out allows the IRGC and its hard-line allies in the regime to assert that their strategy worked as intended.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
Lakers, 1999-2000: Phil Jackson’s first year as coach in L.A. ended as intended.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
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“As intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20intended. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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