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Meanings of simple expedient in English

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Usage of simple expedient in English
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The simple expedient of running into debt is no longer effective.
The Guardian
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The i3's range has been stretched by the simple expedient of extra amps.
The Irish Times
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He reformed his centre by the simple expedient of suppressing it.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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Peter evaded the latter by the simple expedient of pretending not to understand.
The Street of Seven Stars
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However, you can continue doing this with a simple expedient.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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You foiled me, of course, by the simple expedient of being young and quick.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
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Therefore his ready and prophetic mind devised the simple expedient of going away altogether.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
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He took the simple expedient of sitting on her chest.
Red Planet Blues
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The dogs were anchored by the simple expedient of turning the sledge on its side.
The Silent Places
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This he did by the simple expedient of putting everything on top of everything else.
Up the Hill and Over
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But M. Peyrot had prepared against surprise by the simple expedient of locking his door.
The Helmet of Navarre
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The simple expedient here adopted is at the root of all the complex devices of fortification.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 / Volume 18, New Series, J...
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He dusted the cap by the simple expedient of slapping it several times against his leg.
Starr, of the Desert
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That challenge is likely to be negated through the simple expedient of holding a mid-week contest.
The Irish Times
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He considered the simple expedient of asking her to describe them as closely as she could.
Starr, of the Desert
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This simple expedient "silences envious tongues," and avoids even the remotest appearance of evil.
Manners and Social Usages
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