in that
phrase
—used to introduce a statement that explains or gives more specific information about what one has just said
The book is good, in that it's well written, but I didn't actually enjoy reading it.
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Jim Nill traded Mavrik Bourque to Nashville for picks and cleared cap space by including Ilya Lyubushkin in that deal.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Cloud infrastructure has proven to be highly lucrative for hyperscaler peers Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and Zuckerberg has hinted of late that Meta could be headed in that direction.
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Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
One of the suspects in that case, Abraham Alvarez of Nebraska, communicated with McDaniel via instant messages on TikTok, according to the affidavit by Kyle Roberts, a Sacramento police officer assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
First off, Eric Garcia can play in that position, and so too can Ronald Araujo.
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Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Then, in 1971, the US Senate voted to terminate funding for the Boeing 2707 supersonic prototype – killing all US development in that field.
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David Szondy
july 02,
New Atlas,
2 July 2026
Critics say that the Jones Act harms the shipbuilding industry itself, in that American shipyards are shielded from international competition via its enactment, thus further inflating construction costs.
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Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Cloud infrastructure has proven to be highly lucrative for hyperscaler peers Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and Zuckerberg has hinted of late that Meta could be headed in that direction.
—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
One of the suspects in that case, Abraham Alvarez of Nebraska, communicated with McDaniel via instant messages on TikTok, according to the affidavit by Kyle Roberts, a Sacramento police officer assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
First off, Eric Garcia can play in that position, and so too can Ronald Araujo.
—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Then, in 1971, the US Senate voted to terminate funding for the Boeing 2707 supersonic prototype – killing all US development in that field.
—
David Szondy
july 02,
New Atlas,
2 July 2026
Critics say that the Jones Act harms the shipbuilding industry itself, in that American shipyards are shielded from international competition via its enactment, thus further inflating construction costs.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
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“In that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20that. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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