sole means
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsoleandmean
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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk/səʊl/us/soʊl/
being one ...
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mean
noun[S]
uk/miːn/us/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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(Definition ofsoleandmeanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsole means
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For this reason, reliance on insecticides as the sole means of managing infestations was considered at best a short term solution.
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Draughts were stopped by newspaper, and a brazier would often be the sole means of heating the house.
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As a result, it is therefore seen by a growing number of people as the sole means of communicating internationally.
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Dissociating may be a desperate, last-resort option, the sole means available to the victim to reduce overwhelming terror.
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The airs, then, are not the sole means of establishing a tonality, but probably the clearest.
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Such detailing reduces the reliance on sealant joints as the sole means for waterproofing protection for these systems.
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To be sure, historical understanding is not the sole means of coming to terms with the past.
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These two resources together are my sole means of survival.
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At present, the sole means of pest management of cardamom is application of insecticides at regular intervals.
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Contribution through national insurance payments and income tax is not, however, the sole means by which social citizenship is financed.
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The annual embassy was the sole means of communication with the outside world during the 1830s and for much of the 1840s for both the laity and the missionaries.
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The production of this specialty used to be the sole means of income for many villagers in the past.
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Force was clearly the sole means open to the opposition if it wanted to enjoy the fruits of power.
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Since the zip codes cross the city line, they can not be used as the sole means to determine sales tax rates.
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The only thing the worker owns in this case, his or her labor power or ability to work, becomes the workers sole means of subsistence.
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This in turn brought in new businessmen whose sole means of making a living was acquiring autographs and memorabilia from the athletes.
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Dad is a watchmaker who repairs watches at the local street market, and the family's sole means of support.
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The second class included the petty lords who held their advocateships as hereditary fiefs and often as their sole means of subsistence.
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The tongue is the animal's sole means of catching prey, and can protrude up to 180mmin 0 outside the snout.
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From the 1930s until her death, children's books were her sole means of support.
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