Examples of to wit in a Sentence
if we keep spending money like it's water, we're sure to end up in the same place as it often does, to wit, down the drain
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While not abandoning core design DNA—crisp, modern tailoring, languid sensuality, and oodles of good taste to wit—the brand delivered a collection that felt like a breath of fresh air.
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Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
White envisioned a truly global league; to wit, athletes at the first event in Aspen represent 10 countries and four continents.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Would the other 49 states nuke California to prevent her from leaving the Union?
Which brings up the economic ramifications of California leaving the Union, a negative prospect for the rest of the nation to wit catastrophic and cataclysmic.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Such high housing costs spawn other socioeconomic issues, the researchers continued, to wit:
California has the nation’s second lowest rate of home ownership, behind New York, and home ownership is particularly scant among young adults, and Blacks and Latinos of any age.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Dec. 2024
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Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
White envisioned a truly global league; to wit, athletes at the first event in Aspen represent 10 countries and four continents.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Would the other 49 states nuke California to prevent her from leaving the Union?
Which brings up the economic ramifications of California leaving the Union, a negative prospect for the rest of the nation to wit catastrophic and cataclysmic.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Such high housing costs spawn other socioeconomic issues, the researchers continued, to wit:
California has the nation’s second lowest rate of home ownership, behind New York, and home ownership is particularly scant among young adults, and Blacks and Latinos of any age.
—Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Dec. 2024
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“To wit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20wit. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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