Trading is a different sort of economic good, just a means to an end.

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Broadband, of course, is a means to an end rather than an end in itself.

FORBES: Internet

Millennials, on the other hand, largely view work simply as means to an end.

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In a way, Friend sees Rosetta, the company he co-founded, as a means to an end.

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Mr Ferri finally confessed that Ms True had been only a means to an end.

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Such goods may be means to an end but the nature of the means is still important.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

Jobs should be the means to an end, and not the end itself.

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For corporations, on the other hand, the science is a means to an end goal of selling more stuff.

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Game controls, mechanics, all of it is just a means to an end, and that end is a story.

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For him and Mobli, social is just a means to an end.

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Economic stability was only a means to an end, he would say.

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Because your heir thrives off the work he or she does, the job is an end in itself rather than the means to an end.

WSJ: The Experts: How to Keep Heirs From Losing Their Work Ethic

E-business is a means to an end, not the end itself.

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W. all but ignores many other aspects of Bush's time in office and 11 September is mentioned only in passing as a means to an end.

BBC: Newsbeat - Entertainment - Does Bush film live up to hype?

Is used to explain declining sales, demonize file-sharing or, in some cases, lauded as a means to an end in that piracy leads to more record purchasing.

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Cameras, like the array of printers HP sells, are for the most part a means to an end: driving the consumption of more high-margin printing supplies such as ink cartridges.

FORBES: New HP Camera, But Same Old Look

For Kurdish leaders, federation is a means to an end.

ECONOMIST: The Kurds talk of federation and plan for independence

For most people money is a means to an end.

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Weapons inspections have always been a means to an end.

CNN: U.S. 'skeptical' of Iraq weapons inspection offer

Still, media may be a means to an end.

FORBES: Tech's Sales Future - Media

Everything else is just a means to an end.

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They view it as a means to an end.

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To adapt the queen's one-liner: for all that the spectacle and unattainable glamour of royalty still fascinates (and helps sell books), for Britain's jubilee monarch the show is a means to an end.

ECONOMIST: Why the queen has to be seen to be believed

Every small business owner knows that the laws of finance will allow negative cash to be augmented with debt as a temporary means to an end, but not as a long-term way of life.

FORBES: Good for Small Business - Good for the World

Responsive design is a means to an end.

FORBES: Why You Need to Prioritize Responsive Design Right Now

The artwork is a means to an end.

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