Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An incidental or subordinate design or purpose.
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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(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).
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(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
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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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