How to Use on purpose in a Sentence

on purpose

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  • Because the third space is back, and it is being rebuilt on purpose.
    — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Belief is not the residue of winning; it is built, on purpose, long before kick-off.
    — André Martin, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Someone said the sentence no one wanted to say, and the cut was made on purpose, while there was still room to shape it.
    — Mohamed Al Hashemi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Unlike her husband, Barroso is far from a household name—and that’s very much on purpose.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 17 July 2026
  • The filmmaking team went internal on purpose, and built a movie about a young man nobody remembers.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • The companies that will define the next decade are the ones that decide to do the same for the next generation, on purpose and at scale.
    — Brad Strawbridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Congress made holding a stablecoin an interest-free loan to the issuer, on purpose.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • In this case, OpenAI turned those limits off on purpose to see what the model could do without them.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • The rooms that work, these designers agree, are the ones where every decision is made on purpose, and confidently.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2026
  • In their early days at the scenic property, the duo said they would get lost in the sprawling space — both accidentally and on purpose.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
  • Brady toyed with Gronkowski at first, hitting a Cane’s logo just above the target on purpose, and did so again with a different one.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
  • The music is low, and RooftopKC is reservation-only on purpose to keep the new spot relaxed.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
  • The countries that win this decade in Washington will be the ones that stop waiting for accidents and start building the capacity on purpose.
    — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • For instance, Tom Ford famously put white looks into his fall/winter shows on purpose, to prove the color wasn't seasonal.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The Build-To-Sell Wave Proves The Point A new wave of founders is doing this on purpose.
    — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Winning after the sale just means paying attention, on purpose, at the exact moments most companies drift into autopilot.
    — Sariki Abungwo, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • After years of productivity culture and pressure to squeeze more from every hour, a growing number of people are looking for permission to do less on purpose.
    — Allison Palmer july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • Some clinicians say that more young people are ending up in emergency rooms after — whether accidentally or on purpose — ingesting these drinks.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 21 July 2026
  • Nonprofits can tap into clear alignment on purpose and priorities to position themselves for deeper support.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Heirloom Bibles One of the things that truly makes my heart sink is seeing a family Bible go into the donation bin, whether by mistake or on purpose.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
  • Washington said Wednesday that the decision to not invite NIPSCO was made on purpose.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
  • Twenty years later, that experiment is a global brand doing hundreds of millions in revenue, and the wrapper still looks unevenly broken on purpose, a small reminder of the inequality the whole company exists to fix.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Research suggests that retirees who remain engaged in rewarding activities often report greater life satisfaction, while studies on purpose in life have linked a stronger sense of purpose with healthier aging outcomes and longevity.
    — Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • During an internal evaluation of its models’ cyber capabilities, OpenAI ran the test with its safety guardrails switched off, on purpose, to measure the ceiling.
    — Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Any brand watching the next mega‑event after this FIFA World Cup should assume there’s a second economy circling the core spectacle and design for it on purpose.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Rose lives in Tecopa, population 120, among people who’ve chosen the isolation, quietude, natural beauty and brutal conditions on purpose.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • But as Chief Justice Roberts observed, the men who wrote the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution after the Civil War defined citizenship in broad terms on purpose, rejecting the views of those who wanted to limit citizenship.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026

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