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
But before Congress rushes to create a new Department of Algorithm Review, I suggest we recall Walt Kelly’s comment in his comic strip, “Pogo,” to wit: “We have met the enemy, and he is us.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
First, a reminder that our scale is different from Yelp’s — to wit:
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2019
“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
“By this, and similar reasoning, they have arrived “at the sweeping conclusion they were to demon- “strate, to wit, that, that which is pleasing to the “pope is always lawful to him.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou