by means of this

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It was by means of this fuzzy botany that, 20 years ago, the frozen-foods lobby was first granted an exemption in the USDA’s school-lunch regulations when it came to tomato paste.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2011

And so, by means of this short cut, Washington would often receive a reply to its telegraphic request the same day it was dispatched.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were specifically forbidden to exchange their own surplus power by means of this connection.

From Time Magazine Archive

Franklin persevered in his efforts to improve himself in moral excellence, by means of this record, for a long time.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

It is the one most often heard when Ortrud and Frederick do their evil plotting, for it is by means of this interdiction of Lohengrin's that they eventually succeed in accomplishing Elsa's unhappiness.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel