by means of
Example Sentences
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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
This is the first time squads in the Hundred have been assembled by means of an auction.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Although Clay believed they could advance by means of education, he regarded that as a very gradual process that would need to be carefully managed by whites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The lack of flexible and open-ended communication, which occurs by means of combinatorial structures or compositionality that allows us to put just about any idea into language, was seen as the great barrier.
From Salon • May 29, 2025
Even though Rome’s apples were at least native to western Eurasia, they were grown by means of grafting techniques that had developed in China and spread westward from there.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
