mean
Example Sentences
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“I mean, there’s no other word for it. It’s just very — it’s so awful. It’s just so awful.”
From Los Angeles Times
This allows the administration to levy taxes on imports that threaten national security, but only after an investigation, which means they take time to impose.
From BBC
While many of those companies would fail, the blanket approach meant a venture capitalist often got a stake in the winner.
With Bass and Raman considered the front-runners of the mayoral race, their disapproval of Wasserman means he could lead the Olympic and Paralympic Games alongside a mayor who doesn’t want him in that role.
There has been a striking jump in the number of women who are self-made, meaning they got at least some of their wealth from a significant enterprise they launched on their own.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.