Examples of 'means to an end' in a sentence
Meaning of "means to an end"
This phrase refers to a method or action that is used as a necessary step or tool to achieve a desired outcome or goal. It suggests that the focus is on the end result rather than the specific means or methods used to achieve it. It is often used to justify or rationalize actions that may be morally ambiguous or ethically questionable
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- A method by which a goal is achieved.
How to use "means to an end" in a sentence
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means to an end
It is a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Trade is nothing more than a means to an end.
It is a means to an end but also an end in itself.
Not as an outcome goal but as a means to an end.
There is no means to an end that justifies this.
You think people are just a means to an end.
It was the means to an end of a chapter of her life.
Course the disease was merely a means to an end.
A means to an end fear can not be.
You are just a means to an end for them.
The destruction of innocent life is a means to an end.
This job is a means to an end for me.
This policy is no longer an effective means to an end.
Autonomy is a means to an end and not an end itself.
Violence and terrorism are only means to an end.
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Media are a means to an end for them.
The information policy is not a means to an end.
Technology is a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Everyone says work is just a means to an end.
What was a means to an end has become an end in itself.
Human beings must never be a means to an end.
Compromise is a means to an end and not vice versa.
The single market is not a means to an end.
Growth is a means to an end and the end is development.
Everyone else just sees me as a means to an end.
What was originally a means to an end became an end in itself.
Snuggling to them is merely just a means to an end.
Reading books can be a means to an end or an end in itself.
They are using digital technology as a means to an end.
Money is just a means to an end with me.
We are buying them because they are a means to an end.
There was no means to an end with this fight.
Everyone says work is but a means to an end.
A means to an end is also an idiom.
Jesus was simply a means to an end for them.
Virtually everything that we do in life is a means to an end.
Soon that means to an end.
It is about searching for a different means to an end.
Virtue became a means to an end rather than an end in itself.
But that visage is just a means to an end.
What should be a means to an end has become an end in itself.
A lot of people view work as a means to an end.
Profits are means to an end and not an end in itself.
This should only be seen as a means to an end.
They cease to be means to an end and become ends in themselves.
Often the career is the means to an end.
It becomes only a means to an end while neglecting its process.
In fact for some marriage was a means to an end.
A means to an end les bains.
The crash itself is simply a means to an end.
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That means your record stays clean
Smoke on the ground means possible launch
It means that his legs are pointing down
