How to Use beyond the means of in a Sentence
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The refugees’ arrival brought a demand for housing, and rents soared beyond the means of many Turks.
—New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
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Jake Lingle lived well beyond the means of a Tribune reporter.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022
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To get the government to expand the list is a process beyond the means of Ketan and most small business owners.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
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Such a journey, however, was beyond the means of many parents.
—Isabel Coles, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
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Local officials say the plan would run into the billions of dollars and push housing costs beyond the means of many residents.
—Christopher Flavelle Sophie Park, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
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This makes the solution elusive: fixing supply is largely beyond the means of the White House and Fed, but treating the problem as one of only demand could damage the economy.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
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The governor may invoke measure once officials decide whether a fire is beyond the means of local firefighters to solve.
—Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
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The same was true of the rest of Europe for centuries until the Industrial Revolution pushed global demand beyond the means of production.
—Addison Nugent, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2020
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That’s due, in part, to Russian income and wealth disparities, with a small number of billionaire oligarchs living way beyond the means of ordinary people.
—Andy Hoffman, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2022
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Expensive construction projects, such as sea walls, are far beyond the means of the impoverished Pacific island nation, Maddison said.
—Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2021
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Investing in the funds is almost universally beyond the means of most individual investors.
—Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022
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While the parents of children with Type 1 face a harrowingly short time period for a cure, the treatments for Type 2, which has debilitating effects but is not typically fatal before adulthood, are also far beyond the means of most caregivers.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
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Mortgage rates are rising now as residential real estate prices continue to increase, pushing the dream of homeownership beyond the means of many middle-class Americans, who must compete against investors and higher-income buyers.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 4 May 2022
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Mortgage rates are rising as residential real estate prices also continue to increase, pushing the dream of homeownership beyond the means of many middle-class Americans, who must compete against investors and higher-income buyers.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2022
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With about 1,200 giant superconducting magnets, multiple-ton detectors, a worldwide computing grid and a staff of thousands, the Large Hadron Collider is an international undertaking beyond the means of any single nation.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2015
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