very thing

Example Sentences

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And the very thing they're meant to do, provide job opportunities to claimants, isn't something they're widely able to do as many employers don't advertise with them, believing they won't get quality candidates.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Donald Verrilli: I think I agree with you, but I worry that he may gravely disappoint you within months on some other matter, or on this very thing.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Some free VPNs have been caught logging and selling user data—the very thing you’re trying to protect against.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Yet that is the very thing that Takaichi is proposing.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

If you’re in the first grade with your head stuck through the bike rack, this is the very thing you think will happen.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson