in situ
Example Sentences
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The obelisk was displaced to Paris, certainly, and the Rosetta Stone, also hitherto neglected in situ, went to Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He told The Sunday Show: "What I'm surprised to hear is that a government that has been in situ for 19 years still cannot put names and numbers around the reorganisation."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
To determine how the system worked, the researchers combined in situ spectroscopy, photochemical analysis, finite element simulations, and theoretical calculations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Burning the oil, a technique known as an in situ burn, can prevent the slick from expanding.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
If you’re trying to prove that site to other archaeologists and you find an unequivocal stone artifact in situ in a site that’s twelve thousand years old, everyone should run over with a camera.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
