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 drills, practice, pregame infield work, whatever — that all matters to him.
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Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Never forget, Leonard Cohen was a Cohen—which is to say, a Kohen—a descendant, as he was told as a child, of Aaron, the older brother of Moses.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
My own childhood—which is to say, my own intellectual, aesthetic, and moral formation—would have been gravely impoverished without the likes of L. Frank Baum and Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L’Engle and Ursula K. Le Guin.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Each of them lost several comrades and suffered injuries of their own, which is to say that not all of their scars are visible.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Never forget, Leonard Cohen was a Cohen—which is to say, a Kohen—a descendant, as he was told as a child, of Aaron, the older brother of Moses.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
My own childhood—which is to say, my own intellectual, aesthetic, and moral formation—would have been gravely impoverished without the likes of L. Frank Baum and Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L’Engle and Ursula K. Le Guin.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Each of them lost several comrades and suffered injuries of their own, which is to say that not all of their scars are visible.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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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 11 Oct. 2024.
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