in a manner of speaking
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Although they’re scattered now, their lodgings temporary and their futures uncertain, they wanted to keep the neighborhood together, in a manner of speaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
The dogs are, too, in a manner of speaking — they live together and have had a litter.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2023
And in a manner of speaking, it is.
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022
“I’ve just been adopted into it, in a manner of speaking, and I hope I can honor them.”
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019
The general turned his red face toward her and wet his lips quickly, “Why, in a manner of speaking we have located it.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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