Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An incidental or subordinate design or purpose.

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Examples

  • Executives at the firm are acutely aware that its relative success makes it a giant target therefore the by-design strategy of flying below the radar.

    David Dixon: Goldman Sachs -- It's About Bonuses 2010

  • These by-design relationships group together students of different industries, job experience, academic background, gender and location create what the school believes to be the most effective learning environment.

    Six Degrees of E.M.B.A. Relationships 2008

  • Zeus is the first major botnet to exploit a PDF's/Launch feature, which is, strictly speaking, not a security vulnerability but actually a by-design function of Adobe's specification.

    eCoustics.com news 2010

  • Zeus is the first major botnet to exploit a PDF's/Launch feature, which is, strictly speaking, not a security vulnerability but actually a by-design function of Adobe's specification.

    CSO 2010

  • Zeus is the first major botnet to exploit a PDF's/Launch feature, which is, strictly speaking, not a security vulnerability but actually a by-design function of Adobe's specification.

    PCWorld 2010

  • Zeus is the first major botnet to exploit a PDF's/Launch feature, which is, strictly speaking, not a security vulnerability but actually a by-design function of Adobe's specification.

    eCoustics.com news 2010

  • Zeus is the first major botnet to exploit a PDF's/Launch feature, which is, strictly speaking, not a security vulnerability but actually a by-design function of Adobe's specification.

    PC Advisor News 2010

  • (Anthony Hopkins, in full-on scenery-chewing mode) and his would-be sister-in-law, the lovely Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt, striving but mostly failing to bring some gravitas to a by-design one-dimensional role).

    PegasusNews.com stories 2010

  • (Anthony Hopkins, in full-on scenery-chewing mode) and his would-be sister-in-law, the lovely Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt, striving but mostly failing to bring some gravitas to a by-design one-dimensional role).

    PegasusNews.com stories John P. Meyer 2010

  • Zeus is the first major botnet to exploit a PDF's/Launch feature, which is, strictly speaking, not a security vulnerability but actually a by-design function of Adobe's specification.

    PC Advisor News 2010

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