by dint of

1. By means of, as in By dint of hard work he got his degree in three years. The word dint, which survives only in this expression, originally meant “a stroke or blow,” and by the late 1500s signified the force behind such a blow. The current term preserves the implication of vigorous or persistent means.

Example Sentences

Some girls who went through the home weren’t teenagers at all but pregnant preteens—children whose pregnancies were by dint of their age extremely physically and psychologically risky.

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"The difference between her experience and my dad's," Ranganathan said, "is my dad was going off to work, where you're immediately thrust into social connections and situations and you're making friends just by dint of that being your lifestyle."

From BBC

He can get them to do things by dint of their friendship—things that other presidents cannot.

From Slate

In presenting many of his bills or ideas, he acted as if they should pass by dint of their sheer excellence—as if old-school politicking was unnecessary and even distasteful.

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Last week, Donald Trump’s lawyers asked Justice Juan Merchan to dismiss the New York hush money case against him because he is—by dint of securing the presidency—now too big to sentence.

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