mind you
idiom
informal
—used in speech to give stress to a statement that one is making so that a preceding or following statement will not be misunderstood
His advice wasn't very helpful. I'm not criticizing him, mind you.
—often used in British English without youHis advice wasn't very helpful. I'm not criticizing him, mind!
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But this season, Stella put everything on the line for her supposedly groundbreaking AI program (mind you, this is taking place in spring 2024) that can translate UBN’s popular anchors into any language ahead of the network’s global coverage of the Paris Olympics.
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Only one thing, mind you, will ever change that.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, and 8 are taken, in that order, mind you.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Too bad the proposal never actually happens, because Yanko finds out — moments before air, mind you — that his former love, Claire, is in town.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Only one thing, mind you, will ever change that.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, and 8 are taken, in that order, mind you.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Too bad the proposal never actually happens, because Yanko finds out — moments before air, mind you — that his former love, Claire, is in town.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mind you
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“Mind you.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind%20you. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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