in its own right
idiom
: because of its own special qualities and not because of a connection with something else
Though it's based on a best-selling novel, the movie is great in its own right.
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Lack Of Custom Features Salesforce is a powerful CRM suite in its own right, but it's targeted at a general baseline level of use cases.
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Andrii Kovalchuk, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
All of these legal strategies have a role in the fight to protect and preserve the environment as an integral, interdependent living thing that is vitally important to us as humans but also in its own right.
—Dana Zartner, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
However, Detroit as a market has risen to meet many of these needs and become a center for health and wellness tourism in its own right.
—William Jones, Freep.com, 22 July 2025
The windowed bathroom is an Art Deco stunner in its own right: vintage tiles and the original cast-iron tub, plus a sweet floral wallpaper no buyer should ever strip.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 July 2025
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Andrii Kovalchuk, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
All of these legal strategies have a role in the fight to protect and preserve the environment as an integral, interdependent living thing that is vitally important to us as humans but also in its own right.
—Dana Zartner, The Conversation, 23 July 2025
However, Detroit as a market has risen to meet many of these needs and become a center for health and wellness tourism in its own right.
—William Jones, Freep.com, 22 July 2025
The windowed bathroom is an Art Deco stunner in its own right: vintage tiles and the original cast-iron tub, plus a sweet floral wallpaper no buyer should ever strip.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 July 2025
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“In its own right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20its%20own%20right. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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