of means

idiom

: having wealth or riches
a man/woman of means

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But savvy people of means see opportunity and are comfortable buying when shares are low. Gabriel Shahin, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Israel’s concentration on destroying Gaza City’s infrastructure has utilized a variety of means, including heavy bombs and, recently, old armored vehicles laden with a large amount of explosives and detonated via remote control. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025 By attacking America’s friends and allies through a variety of means and pushing their best students away from study in American universities, the Trump Administration is forcing others to hedge their bets on future cooperation and cross-fertilization of ideas. Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Aug. 2025 The fritters, though modern in presentation, honor the same spirit of making something beautiful from the simplest of means. Sami Tamimi august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for of means

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“Of means.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20means. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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