which is to say
idiom
: which means that
Her eyes are hazel, which is to say they are greenish brown.
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Amityville may strike modern viewers raised on Insidious and Conjuring flicks as slightly passé: The pacing is quintessentially ’70s, which is to say deliberate, yet the film works all the better for it, rooting the horror in suspense and touting a visually vintage sheen.
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Justin Spitzer is the nice guy’s Armando Iannucci — which is to say that if the Superstore and American Auto showrunner’s work were 25 percent angrier and 75 percent more profane, perhaps more attention would be paid to his ever-expanding resumé of comic critiques of eroding institutions.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
He’s been central in the development of a unified concept of species, using an approach that focuses on phylogenetics, which is to say the evolutionary history of species and relationships between groups of organisms.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Many present will be advocating the bloc explore policies of ‘offshoring’ asylum procedures, which is to say intercepting people trying to seek shelter in Europe and sending them to non-EU countries to have their claims processed.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Justin Spitzer is the nice guy’s Armando Iannucci — which is to say that if the Superstore and American Auto showrunner’s work were 25 percent angrier and 75 percent more profane, perhaps more attention would be paid to his ever-expanding resumé of comic critiques of eroding institutions.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
He’s been central in the development of a unified concept of species, using an approach that focuses on phylogenetics, which is to say the evolutionary history of species and relationships between groups of organisms.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Many present will be advocating the bloc explore policies of ‘offshoring’ asylum procedures, which is to say intercepting people trying to seek shelter in Europe and sending them to non-EU countries to have their claims processed.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 17 Oct. 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 26 Nov. 2024.
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