how it is

idiom

: the state of the situation
And that's how it is.

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Recent Examples on the Web The greater issue could be debated about how it is being spent. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2024 Klimek: How does public interest in a specific case then influence how it is investigated and eventually prosecuted? Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024 Depending on how it is interpreted, such a treaty could deal a blow to the country’s biggest export: Fiji Water. By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024 But what makes couture couture is less what it is made of—Christian Lacroix once repurposed a vintage jacket (turning it into a skirt) and Jean Paul Gaultier used upcycled denim in his couture debut—but how it is made. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for how it is 

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