as in approach
the means or procedure for doing something
the city council is stuck in the last century and needs to adopt more modern methods for doing things
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Recent Examples of method
Now, the state is making the firing squad its lead method of execution.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
From there, make a deposit to your account with a secure payment method, like a credit card.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
For this method, this means Bar Keepers Friend and a sponge.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 July 2025
Last month, streaming overtook broadcast and cable as the leading distribution method for video entertainment for the first time.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
From there, make a deposit to your account with a secure payment method, like a credit card.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
For this method, this means Bar Keepers Friend and a sponge.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 July 2025
Last month, streaming overtook broadcast and cable as the leading distribution method for video entertainment for the first time.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for method
Recent Examples of Synonyms for method
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Cora certainly understands this process as the deadline approaches and what Boston is capable of if chief baseball officer Craig Breslow can add reinforcements.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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In turn, this could entice me to abandon my good approach and leap into a stupid crash diet.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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Both ice creams start with the same classic technique: gently heating milk and cream, tempering in the egg yolks, and cooking until the custard thickens.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 July 2025
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And once the technique was shown to work in laboratory studies and field trials in Australia and Indonesia, the World Mosquito Program was ready to attempt it at a grander scale.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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Neither the city's Office of Public Health and Safety nor the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department agreed to requests for interviews about the situation on Leonard Street and the city's evolving strategy for managing homeless camps.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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From advanced smart textiles to resilient sourcing strategies, the region’s manufacturers are pushing forward—despite an increasingly volatile landscape.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
25 July 2025
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Tyler Comes Close to No. 1 on the U.K. Albums Chart On the main Official Albums chart, which tracks the biggest full-lengths and EPs in the U.K. using a general consumption methodology, Don’t Tap the Glass opens at No. 2.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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That organization develops, innovates, and applies its Montessori Dementia methodology with a specialized team of diverse scientific professionals, according to information from CARD.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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The task force would submit a report with recommendations to the state Legislature after examining the systemic causes of violence against African American women and girls, ways to help victims' families heal, methods to track data to understand the scope of the issue and more.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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Or the ways that the Reyes family has lived in fear since Jose and his father were detained in early May.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Southerners are notorious for being bad at saying goodbye, thanks to our dedication to manners.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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Tether, the other juggernaut of the crypto-native stablecoin world, has been diversifying investments and operations in a significant manner.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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“Method.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/method. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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