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"The difference between her experience and my dad's," Ranganathan said, "is my dad was going off to work, where you're immediately thrust into social connections and situations and you're making friends just by dint of that being your lifestyle."

He can get them to do things by dint of their friendship—things that other presidents cannot.

In presenting many of his bills or ideas, he acted as if they should pass by dint of their sheer excellence—as if old-school politicking was unnecessary and even distasteful.

Last week, Donald Trump’s lawyers asked Justice Juan Merchan to dismiss the New York hush money case against him because he is—by dint of securing the presidency—now too big to sentence.

But America matters by dint of its economic and military strength, and its major role in many alliances.