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Lexicographical Neighbors of

by machine
by means of
by memory
by mistake
by mouth
by nature
by no means
by one's lights
by one's own hand
by oneself
by owner
by rail
by right of office
by rights
by sail
by selection (current term)
by small degrees
by steam
by the Grace of God
by the book
by the by
by the bye
by the day
by the ears
by the hour
by the looks of things
by the numbers
by the piece
by the same token
by the skin of one's teeth

Literary usage of

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"New and permanent species of wheat have, without a shadow of doubt, been produced by selection alone. In the California poppy (Eschscholtzia calif arnica), ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"proved—whether by selection or by altering the stimulus, and if the latter, how the stimulus may best be altered." Would that all sociological reformers ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Improvement by selection depends upon the principle of gradually augmenting a ... Improvement of Sea Island Cotton by selection. Ordinary type on left, ..."

4. Report by American Genetic Association (1907)
"THE IMPROVEMENT OF SUGAR CANE BY SELECTION AND BREEDING. By CO TOWNSEND, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC It is the purpose of this report to ..."

5. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"EVIDENCE THAT SPOTTING IN DOGS MAY OCCUR BY MUTATION By this I do not mean to assert that some progress might not be made by selection alone within the race ..."

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