as in namely
that is to say
the journal cites the spot, scilicet present-day Provincetown, as the location of the Pilgrims' first landfall
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Both sides had sparred beyond the hourly wage demands, namely with the method of compensation for truck drivers.—
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The appeal is built on two ideas: 1) the amazing feat of using prehistoric DNA to clone new dinosaurs; and 2) the terrifying prospect of those dinosaurs behaving like, well, dinosaurs (namely the carnivorous ones).—
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27 June 2025
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“Scilicet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scilicet. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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