Means
Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
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Synonyms for Means
State of affairs and means are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State of affairs" instead a noun "Means".
State of affairs
State of affairs noun - The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.
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Synonyms for State of affairs
Means and state of affairs are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Means" instead a noun phrase "State of affairs".
Both terms in one sentence
- Right now, there's about a 12 year difference in the life expectancy of male and female Russians, largely because the Russian male response to the country's sorry state of affairs is to drink copious amounts of anything alcoholic as a socially acceptable means of suicide.
Source: Russian Guy Suffers Most - Since Gods Need Prayer Badly, this means he ended up starved into near-oblivion by his own church and doesn't even have enough juice to perform the only miracle he wants now — which is, obviously, braining the guy currently responsible for this state of affairs.
Source: God Before Dogma
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