which is to say
idiom
: which means that
Her eyes are hazel, which is to say they are greenish brown.
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All of which is to say, New Jersey is learning the hard way now the lesson New York and its Metropolitan Transportation Authority has learned over recent decades, one that the MTA and state lawmakers smartly reacted to by launching a congestion pricing program to reduce traffic and fund transit.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The other four siblings are just as engaged as ever — which is to say, hardly at all.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
The vanity often attributed to bodybuilders has everything to do with their concern for their outward shape; they’re seen less as athletes than as models, which is to say, as women.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
That is the weakness of prose — which is to say, by the magic of language, the love of prose, too.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The other four siblings are just as engaged as ever — which is to say, hardly at all.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
The vanity often attributed to bodybuilders has everything to do with their concern for their outward shape; they’re seen less as athletes than as models, which is to say, as women.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
That is the weakness of prose — which is to say, by the magic of language, the love of prose, too.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for which is to say
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“Which is to say.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/which%20is%20to%20say. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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