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
• Jake Lingle lived well beyond the means of a Tribune reporter.
  — Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022
• 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
• Such a journey, however, was beyond the means of many parents.
  — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Investing in the funds is almost universally beyond the means of most individual investors.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 29 Jul 2024