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Example sentences from the Web for meansAs a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success. Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST And in order for them to realize their vision, they are willing to use any means. Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive|Ayaan Hirsi Ali|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST With that, there is no means to consistently measure progress. Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up. Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And that means they also fall under the umbrella of programs most likely to get the axe when state and federal budgets are tight. How to Solve the Policing Crisis|Keli Goff|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Infinite—this word is by no means the expression of a clear idea: it is merely the expression of an effort to attain one. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863|Various How if he should take this means of informing Joseph of his present situation? The Strange Story of Rab Rby|Mr Jkai But it means bed for a fortnight or so, and you must go immediately.' A Great Man|Arnold Bennett This is accomplished by means of an "interrupter" that either vibrates rapidly or "snaps" once at the formation of each spark. The Gasoline Motor|Harold Whiting Slauson But to return for a time to the means taken to attract the notice of other ships. The Loss of the SS. Titanic|Lawrence Beesley
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noun(functioning as singular or plural) the medium, method, or instrument used to obtain a result or achieve an enda means of communication (functioning as plural) resources or income (functioning as plural) considerable wealth or incomea man of means by all means without hesitation or doubt; certainlycome with us by all means by means of with the use or help of by no manner of means definitely nothe was by no manner of means a cruel man by no means or not by any means on no account; in no wayby no means come! Words nearby meansmeanly, meanness, mean noon, mean planet, mean proportional, means, mean sea level, Means grass, means of production, mean solar day, mean solar time Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with means
see beyond one's means; by all means; by any means; by means of; by no means; end justifies the means. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to meansvehicle, medium, power, equipment, process, route, technique, system, mechanism, instrument, step, mode, tactic, measure, factor, channel, aid, money, fashion, agent |