How to Use as intended in a Sentence

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  • With more than a third of the season in the rearview mirror, his vision has not transpired as intended.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • The Speed 12 did win a few races in Britain but never competed at Le Mans as intended.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Many of you are on an endless quest to own the best printer or figure out the right tips to make your printers work as intended.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • At the time, 31 of the rocket's 33 engines ignited and burned as intended.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The comment didn’t go over well with customers whose gear stopped working as intended due to the app’s problems.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Dacey said the party process is playing out as intended, and Democrats still have time to land on a final ticket.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2024
  • Of the three bombs McNamara had planted, only the one at The Times worked as intended.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • While the blemishes may vary, the merchant says all of the cookware will perform as intended.
    Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • Whether the implant works as intended also remains to be seen.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • If the plan works as intended, there will be more big, critical moments to come in these playoffs for the hometown guy.
    Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 13 Oct. 2024
  • But what is the evidence that such programs work as intended?
    Marcella Alsan, STAT, 26 Dec. 2023
  • And the story here is the fact that the system is working as intended and protecting human and public health.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
  • Has anyone put anything out into the world — could be an episode, a scene, an anything — and have it not be received as intended?
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
  • According to Stern, that’s the law working as intended.
    Calmatters, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
  • That's a sign that the initiative is working as intended, Paulson said.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The zippers are difficult to distinguish and didn't work as intended in our tests.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, failing to suppress the air bag as intended.
    USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
  • On Tuesday, however, Homendy said the system appeared to have been working as intended, and was not the cause of the expulsion of the door plug.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The bullet pierced the cooling fins of the transformer, as intended, causing mineral oil to gush onto the sagebrush.
    Christopher Ketcham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The first as intended, that the debate was childish silliness that didn’t help anyone choose a candidate.
    Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Sep. 2024
  • If the system works as intended, those migrants could be on their way to deportation with a felony charge in hand within days.
    Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • Our water systems have worked largely as intended for decades — but they weren’t built for the 21st century.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Our water systems have worked largely as intended for decades — but they weren’t built for the 21st century.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But this is an example of the justice system working as intended as well.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
  • But come by our houses during the season to find the streams of admirers enjoying the displays with glee, as intended.
    WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The Fed’s latest series of rate hikes has worked as intended in taming inflation.
    Steve Garmhausen, wsj.com, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Now a true believer, Ben proves his camera works as intended.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • The crafts are also designed to appeal to a fairly wide age range, from about 3 to about 9; though the company states that younger crafters will likely need help to complete the projects as intended.
    Julia Pelly, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • This is the trend cycle — dollar signs in its eyes — working as intended: an antique hits shelves once more just as those very products have been cleared out of makeup bags and tossed in the trash.
    Emily Leibert, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
  • As with all facial massagers, a slight pink flush on the skin indicates a boost in blood circulation, which proves that the tool is working as intended.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024

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