by dint of
Preposition
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Preposition
- Because of.
- 2012, Stephen Browne, United Nations Development Programme and System (UNDP)
- UNDP has also retained a coordination role, by dint of history and because of its broad mandate. But the two roles do not sit easily.
- 2012, Stephen Browne, United Nations Development Programme and System (UNDP)
- By means of.
- He succeeded by dint of effort, not talent.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
- Nobs, by dint of much scrambling and one or two narrow escapes from death, had managed to follow us up the cliff and was now curled between me and the doorway, having devoured a piece of the dried meat, which he seemed to relish immensely.
- French: grâce à
- Russian: посре́дством
- Spanish: a fuerza de
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