by means of
Example Sentences
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Messrs. Dutkiewicz and Rosenberg sensibly argue that a vast modern society can only be fed safely and affordably by means of an efficient, industrial-scale food-production apparatus—which is exactly what we are fortunate to have.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The obscure law bans a person from soliciting or receiving nonpublic information from a public servant by means of their office or employment with the intent to obtain a benefit.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
It’s a lovely image: Kirk as a modern-day Socrates, wandering the agora of America’s universities seeking to find truth by means of rhetorical contest.
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025
It would provide training and instruction to the Congolese troops on the ground by means of a contingent of 300 instructors, many of them Romanians.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
They had already covered their lightweight chaulnots with their heavy woolen ones against the coming evening chill—proof that not one joule of energy had been converted to heat by means of respectable labor.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
