to wit
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The crude special effects won’t win her an Oscar, but on TikTok, perfection takes a backseat to wit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
As we wrap up the year, I’ve got a few random recommendations for 2022 crime books I read this year that didn’t make it into previous columns, to wit:
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
To Tracy, to wit: I don't hate flying.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
“Citigroup bucks the conventional wisdom about the financial crisis: to wit, that it was fomented and exacerbated by the so-called investment banks,” Cohan writes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
Of these humors there are four: to wit, first, blood; next, phlegm; third, choler; and fourth, melancholy; and this is part of the description of each.
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier
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