after a fashion
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The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
But even if we’re meant to view our woolly antagonists as sheeple, after a fashion, “The Sheep Detectives” culminates on an optimistic note for both the four-legged and the two.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
She was working as a model in Manhattan when a friend arranged for them to meet the rock band after a fashion show, her legal documents say.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023
“When he was excited, he was excited,” said Ford, who told me that he sometimes got a four-page letter on hotel stationery slipped under his door after a fashion show.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
The Party histories might still be true, after a fashion; they might even be completely true.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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