So to start with, they brought the mirrors very close together, which favors emissions in a single possible mode.

The laying on of hands, a possible mode for transmitting a cold, is a sound way to procure treatment.

But if there were a way for that to be safe, then I have the simplest of all possible modes of access.

This, he told himself, was the only possible mode of life with spring in the air.

Instead, he had his troops deployed around the warehouse, watching all possible modes of egress.

There are various possible modes of type species designation.

Tap water has been implicated as a possible mode of transmission for these bacteria in the hospital environment.

Obviously, total success can only come if every possible mode of failure is identified and defended against.

One possible mode of spread, called cultural diffusion, would leave few genetic traces.