The phrase "a means around" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express an alternative method or workaround, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "We need to find a means around the current restrictions to complete the project."
Alternatives: "a way around" or "an alternative method".
NEW YORK TIMES S.E.C. Looks to File More Civil Cases | As a means around claims of intentional wrongdoing and recklessness, the Securities and Exchange Commission may soon be filing more civil cases against perpetrators of negligence, a far simpler charge to prove.
Software programs developed by dissidents in China provide a means around government controlled censorship, but once past this "Great Firewall" users are met with a second barrier--companies outside China, like Microsoft and Yahoo!, self-censoring their own information.
Mechanistic studies in humans have been limited because of the lack of a developmental model; however, a recent report of a human XIST transgene in an induced pluripotent stem cell may provide a means around that challenge [ 35].
On average, scrums take almost a minute to complete, which means around a fifth of the available playing time is often eaten up by set-piece shenanigans.
In Beijing, a red alert means around half the vehicles are removed from the roads with an odd-even license plate system enforced.
In general, short-term fairness means around an order of 10 ms scales while long-term fairness may involve a transmission of thousand packets [4].
DETROIT — This is what a 20-something-degree day means around here: Most of the smokers huddling outside businesses wear gloves.
The WiCare Wound-Pump provides a means to offer NPWT around the world.
The then-average price of $5 a ticket meant around 3.44m tickets were sold.
SUNCT associated with pituitary or brainstem abnormalities may have a slightly earlier age at onset with a mean around age 43 in one review [14].
SUNCT typically has age of onset between 35 and 65 years with a mean around age 50 although ranges of age 10 77 have been reported [2, 3].
