in a manner of speaking
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Earlier this year, and just one year after that engineering director's prediction, OpenAI took up the challenge, in a manner of speaking.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
Except that, in the next month, the Rosetta Stone is returning home — in a manner of speaking.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
The dogs are, too, in a manner of speaking - they live together and have had a litter.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
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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