as in deliberately
with full awareness of what one is doing
the witness intentionally gave misleading answers to the questions
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Cindric needs a strong result after being docked 50 points this week for intentionally wrecking Ty Dillon at COTA.
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
The award-winning film tells the story of three identical triplets who were intentionally separated at birth and adopted into different families as part of an undisclosed experiment, and reunited later in life with heartbreaking repercussions.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
Coogan said Blue Ghost's designers intentionally chose a shape for the spacecraft that puts the center of mass as low to the ground as possible.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Nearby, people play miniature golf in a former food court where the holes are designed as tiny movie sets — intentionally made for Instagram to boost customers’ social media feeds.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
The award-winning film tells the story of three identical triplets who were intentionally separated at birth and adopted into different families as part of an undisclosed experiment, and reunited later in life with heartbreaking repercussions.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
Coogan said Blue Ghost's designers intentionally chose a shape for the spacecraft that puts the center of mass as low to the ground as possible.
—Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Nearby, people play miniature golf in a former food court where the holes are designed as tiny movie sets — intentionally made for Instagram to boost customers’ social media feeds.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Intentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intentionally. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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