means

Definition for means

noun as in way, method

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aid, channel, equipment, factor, instrument, measure, mechanism, medium, mode, power, process, route, step, system, tactic, technique, vehicle

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agency, agent, apparatus, auspices, avenue, course, dodge, expedient, fashion, gimmick, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, machinery, manner, ministry, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, road, trick

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modus operandi, stepping-stone, ways and means

noun as in wealth, resources

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money

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affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, budget, bundle, capital, dough, estate, finances, fortune, funds, holdings, income, intangibles, pocket, possessions, property, purse, reserves, revenue, riches, savings, securities, sock, stake, stuff, substance, wherewithal

Weak matches

ace in the hole, nest egg, rainy day, ways and means

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In a 2021 essay, she cited Trump’s “intensive efforts to chip away at the apolitical nature of the American military” as a means of using the armed forces to help him try to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

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“However, the long-term impacts of clinic closures on the abortion access ecosystem, means that despite the win of the Missouri ballot measure, it will be years before Missouri is able to offer abortion care at the scale that Missourans need.”

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“And that means many people will still be forced to travel to places like DC for abortion care.”

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It means replicating a test, over and over, to prove that the results weren’t an accident.

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It means changing the parameters of that test one variable at a time, trying to get from correlation to causation.

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