by what means
Example Sentences
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Total secrecy has surrounded her travel plans and it is not know how she managed to leave her place of hiding or by what means she has reached Europe.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
When the English looked to Africa, they now “wanted to know by what means persons were enslaved there and whether this was done in a manner that one could come to accept.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Amid the pardons, many or all of the boxes in Mr. Trump’s residence were shipped off — it is not clear precisely when or by what means — to Mar-a-Lago.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022
It was not clear by what means he planned to move forward with a legal challenge, nor whether the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, would go along.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022
At noon, we sent word at a plantation chosen by what means I know not, requesting they should deal with us fairly and present us with corn, livestock, and other sundry provisions.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
