as a means
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This is known as a means test - where the level of financial support a person gets is based on the value of their assets and savings.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Specifically, the court noted that existing disclosure laws and rules about earmarking donations already act as disincentives for donors hoping to use parties as a means to indirectly funnel money to candidates.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
"The chair served as a means of private professional development for the person under investigation," the judge wrote when he charged Gomez.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
Mark Warner, a trade and investment lawyer who practices in both the U.S. and Canada, said Wiseman is trying to de-emphasize the annual review process as a means to reduce the uncertainty holding back executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Not long after his marriage, a misunderstanding took place between himself and Master Hugh; and as a means of punishing his brother, he took me from him to live with himself at St. Michael’s.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
