which is to say
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: 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 that Ibis were not necessarily always doomed to suffer.
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
One Battle also exemplifies where Hall’s career has taken her, which is to say across genres, moods, and Hollywood whims.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
These mechanical processes are narrative, not logical, which is to say, they are driven by thinking in actions (as synapses do) rather than by thinking in equations (as computers do).
—Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
All of which is to say that Stengel was such a sensation in New York, so long after growing up here, that his roots seemed to become less and less relevant there and more and more distant here.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
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Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
One Battle also exemplifies where Hall’s career has taken her, which is to say across genres, moods, and Hollywood whims.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
These mechanical processes are narrative, not logical, which is to say, they are driven by thinking in actions (as synapses do) rather than by thinking in equations (as computers do).
—Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
All of which is to say that Stengel was such a sensation in New York, so long after growing up here, that his roots seemed to become less and less relevant there and more and more distant here.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
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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 19 Oct. 2025.
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