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as in with
using the means or agency of contacted her via telephone

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Recent Examples of via The Confessions of a Female Founder host, 43, shared a new video via Instagram Stories on Friday, May 23, speaking into the camera. Stephanie Petit, People.com, 23 May 2025 Too small for there ever to be an airport, this 40-square-mile outcrop of vertiginous cliffs surrounded by churning ocean is only reachable via a berth on one of the South African fishing vessels that come to collect the crayfish. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2025 One scam involved a caller impersonating a sheriff's deputy demanding payment via cryptocurrency to avoid arrest. Wayne Ford, USA Today, 23 May 2025 During peak production in 1984 the then republic generated 26 million gallons (10 million hectoliters) of wine annually via 120 wineries and 420 viticulture farms. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for via
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  • Devastated by injuries throughout the year, the Gators were undermanned in the field and the bullpen with just one bench player available.
    Jackson Castellano, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
  • And who beyond a xenophobe could possibly believe that one’s education is not enhanced by a classmate from elsewhere in the world, a truth that applies to kindergarten just as much as at Harvard?
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
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  • Keep a few extra bucks in your wallet while keeping things safe with these Memorial Day Home Security Deals.
    & John Mihaly, PC Magazine, 27 May 2025
  • As her backup dancers shifted position around her, Lopez locked lips with a male dancer, before a female dancer approached Lopez and kissed her as well.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 May 2025
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  • Under the watchful gaze of security guards, dozens of people streamed through metal detectors to enter Temple Israel one evening this month for a town hall meeting on hate crimes and domestic terrorism.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
  • Despite the gloomy overtones, Loznitsa’s powerful movie asserts that goodness hides within the confines of institutional control, worming its way through the boundaries of bureaucratic red tape in an effort to do some good.
    Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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  • The track is from Ross’ eight-song set Complicated, released in March 2024.
    Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 May 2025
  • Pitney Bowes is now on its fourth CEO in three years, with the activist investor that started it all usurping the head of the table.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025

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“Via.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/via. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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