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
He also saw it as a means of disrupting the city’s frustratingly outdated status quo — seeking better possibilities for all manner of living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Both as a means of avenging him and of preventing other such deaths . . . yes, and of attracting lost members back into the ranks.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
