by means of
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Public prosecutors in America's second biggest city, unhappy about the result, leveled new charges: destruction of property by means of fire and arson affecting property used in interstate commerce.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The obscure law bans a person from soliciting or receiving nonpublic information from a public servant by means of their office or employment with the intent to obtain a benefit.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026
This is the first time squads in the Hundred have been assembled by means of an auction.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Viollet-le-Duc did not study at the state-run École des Beaux Arts, but came to architecture by means of drawing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
“Photographs taken by means of slanting light show clearly the roughening and raising of the fibres of the paper about the date due to mechanical erasure,” the examiner wrote.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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