(all) the more so
idiom
—used to say why something (such as an attribute or quality) applies to a greater degree or extent
The play was impressive—(all) the more so because the students had written it themselves.
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For an artist who had spent decades studying and painting the human body, the opportunity to observe the evolving bodies of her children was fascinating, all the more so because their flesh had been generated by her own.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
All the more so now with her enduring and inimitable legacy re-discovered and back in view.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
The situation remains combustible, all the more so thanks to Brexit, which 56 percent of Northern Irish voters opposed.
—Jonathan Stevenson, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2019
But all the more so in the churning times — as is evident in examples good and bad all over.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
All the more so now with her enduring and inimitable legacy re-discovered and back in view.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
The situation remains combustible, all the more so thanks to Brexit, which 56 percent of Northern Irish voters opposed.
—Jonathan Stevenson, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2019
But all the more so in the churning times — as is evident in examples good and bad all over.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
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“(all) the more so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28all%29%20the%20more%20so. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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