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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While Prohibition, which stretched from 1920 to 1933, certainly affected bowling alleys, especially the ones that served alcohol (which is to say, most of them), women started to bowl in greater numbers during that time.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
None of which is to say there won't be use cases for Henson's direct-push wheel design.
—Loz Blain
september 23, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Evidence showed Lachlan feared alienating core Fox viewers — which is to say pro-Trump voters — by confronting them too directly with the facts that President Joe Biden squarely won the election.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Buying them en masse has essentially only been taking place since the 1920s—which is to say after the imposition of the Federal Reserve and the income tax in 1913.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
None of which is to say there won't be use cases for Henson's direct-push wheel design.
—Loz Blain
september 23, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Evidence showed Lachlan feared alienating core Fox viewers — which is to say pro-Trump voters — by confronting them too directly with the facts that President Joe Biden squarely won the election.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Buying them en masse has essentially only been taking place since the 1920s—which is to say after the imposition of the Federal Reserve and the income tax in 1913.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 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 29 Sep. 2025.
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