on purpose

phrase

Synonyms of on purposenext
: by intent : intentionally
I knew they hadn't done it on purpose.

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The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported that was done on purpose because club owner Terry Pegula wanted fans focused on the field and not the scoreboards. — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 That was in 2017 when Guroux Khalifah started District Biskuits as a popup, misspelled on purpose with a K because of his last name. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026 Lucretia was obviously given her name on purpose, but to get into the obvious de Medici theme would feel over-indulgent to this writer, my Lovely Readers. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 OpenAI’s agents found a path out of containment; earlier tests by Anthropic and Meta were accidentally connected to the Internet; AISI enabled Internet access on purpose. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on purpose

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“On purpose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20purpose. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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