How
How noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
Usage example: the environmental activist eagerly launched into an explanation of the hows and whys of developing renewable energy sources
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System
System noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
Usage example: not the best system perhaps, but it gets the job done
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Nearby Words: systematic, systemic
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