by means of this

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It was by means of this fuzzy botany that, 20 years ago, the frozen-foods lobby was first granted an exemption in the USDA’s school-lunch regulations when it came to tomato paste.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2011

And so, by means of this short cut, Washington would often receive a reply to its telegraphic request the same day it was dispatched.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were specifically forbidden to exchange their own surplus power by means of this connection.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, by means of this, which he keeps in his own hands he executes his decrees.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur

Surely, after all this, the audience has been properly prepared for the scenes in which Iago deceives and enrages Othello by means of this very handkerchief.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce