dint
Example Sentences
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Mr. Harkins insists that he is “not really special,” but he can be said to speak for his fellow officers by dint of family history.
“A lot of previous attempts in that area have just failed completely, either by dint of economics or through legal challenges,” Sherkow continued.
From New York Times
The character is indeed oppressed, but he is also an invasive presence on the island — a native by dint of his mother’s banishment who would himself be conqueror, given half a chance.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s unnerving, to be the audience for such gestures: operatic in their meticulousness, observable by dint of their tiny optical real estate.
From Los Angeles Times
Granted, several sell themselves by dint of who's starring in it.
From Salon
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