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The phrase "a thing by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate the means or method by which something is done or achieved.
Example: "She accomplished the task in a way that was a thing by which others could learn."
Alternatives: "a method of" or "a means by".
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(See, I wasn't spoiling a thing by telling you that Sam was doomed).
There's Serena Williams and Venus - a sliver of a thing by comparison.
"And then there is the objectifying of a thing by making it singular.
Nor do I remember being made to believe such a thing by machines.
The other is an intuition that is global, immediate, reaching into the heart of a thing by sympathy.
There is no becoming, either of a thing by itself or of a thing out of some other thing.
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If a speaker or group of speakers is disposed to call a new thing by an old word, the thing and the term will be causally connected.
"We did a useful thing by eliminating an extremely dangerous terrorist," said Avi Pazner, an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
The question is whether he will risk tampering with a good thing by making a big move.
As though history were still a thing done by certain men in a certain place.
tried to stop the water from becoming a thing, partly by downplaying concerns.
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