by way of
For the purpose of; as a means of; as an instance of; as a type or form of.
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Heaven forbid that someone gets people interested in history by way of comedy…
Katoomba doesn't get very much by way of snow, but it happens Snowy Mountains (further south, higher up) is snow chain territory
It will be interesting to see what the Home Office has to offer by way of justification, should the case get to that point
It would be very Adrian to have voted Leave, regret it, and *then* become a painfully online FBPE type by way of over-compensation.
There is no excuse for this, and even if you are the sports writer who never touched trans issues, you are partly culpable by way of providing means to support this behavior via profit.
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For the purpose of; as a means of; as an instance of; as a type or form of.
Intensity was more usually reached by way of the solemn than by way of the brilliant.
“Heaven forbid that someone gets people interested in history by way of comedy…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Katoomba doesn't get very much by way of snow, but it happens Snowy Mountains (further south, higher up) is snow chain territory”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It will be interesting to see what the Home Office has to offer by way of justification, should the case get to that point”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It would be very Adrian to have voted Leave, regret it, and *then* become a painfully online FBPE type by way of over-compensation.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thanks to Louisiana repub government, New Orleans is going to become part of the Gulf of Mexico by way of drowning into the water.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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By the route of.
From Shakespeare to Milton by way of the English Bible, our language has been shaped by humanist ideas.
“There is no excuse for this, and even if you are the sports writer who never touched trans issues, you are partly culpable by way of providing means to support this behavior via profit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Uh. . .I kinda prefer my Sentinels to be the clunky robots with the moon boots, not living High Octane Nightmare Fuel by way of HELLRAISER, kthanksbai-”
— Bluesky· May 2026“the eye catches light sees by way of reflection in this deeper truth communication flawed and faulty linguistic wrapper not message meaning is echo a pebble strike water fluid dynamics no such thing "better" there is only the being & the becoming #haiku_chains”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It was at your door in 2016 .And in 2024, the occupants let him in! An eviction order by way of impeachment is the only way to right the ship!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“‘The Trials of Muhammad Ali’ was released on this date in 2013. Here's our review of the documentary (now on Kanopy), which looks at history by way of Ali, and looks at Ali by way of history: buff.ly/2QqvYJ1”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(UK, often followed by being) Possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of; in the state or condition of.
“I always go over the wall, by way of the plum tree,” said Matilda.
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