Synonyms

by means of

Idioms

Through the use of, owing to, as in We plan to pay for medical school by means of a second mortgage, or He'll succeed by means of sheer persistence. [Early 1400s] Also see by dint of.

Example Sentences

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By means of synthetic biology, the scientists then transferred the plants' ability to avoid aggregation into human cultivated cells and animal models of Huntington's disease.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

By means of this story, the narrator, herself a writer, reveals the lone deity she worships: “the potency of the written word.”

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

By means of his initially long-shot candidacy, the mayor of the nation’s 301st largest city is all but guaranteed future political relevancy, improved income for himself and an automatic berth in the 2024 presidential stakes.

From Fox News • May 16, 2019

By means of movie magic, we see the baby float up and down, up and down, in midair.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2016

By means of bribery and persuasion and threats, Madame Babushkinov had finally convinced her to stop acting like a coward and get out of bed.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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