mutatis mutandis

Example Sentences

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He said, mutatis mutandis, that if you want to write, find a nice place, sit down in peace and quiet and forget about seeking out brilliant thoughts.

From Scientific American • Oct. 6, 2023

That sentence, mutatis mutandis, could have been written about India, where Islamic invasions and British rule still produced an anxiety about authenticity — what was one’s own, what had come from outside.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

But they are in fact the same thing, mutatis mutandis.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2015

Now that was exactly what James would have said, mutatis mutandis.

From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

We must do it, however, mutatis mutandis, i.e., remembering that the Sitkans are Kolúch of an Archipelago, the Nehanni Kolúch of a continent.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)