as intended

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: in the way that has been planned

If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.

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Researchers trained it on tasks with known loopholes—ways to get rewarded without actually completing the task as intended— then gave it new challenges. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 What’s more, critical email and security systems are dependent on these systems functioning as intended. — Michael Gargiulo, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Things still don’t always work as intended — my daily briefing already broke, multiple times. — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2026 Second, the public needs transparent and accessible safety data, including CARE’s response statistics, to understand whether the program is operating as intended. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for as intended

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