in a manner of speaking
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Some at least focus on issues before Congress, in a manner of speaking.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022
If that means the six-year deal worth $5.125 million annually he signed late Saturday night just shortly after wrapping up son Hunter’s first birthday party came on the cheap in a manner of speaking?
From Seattle Times • May 22, 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
Yet all of it, in a manner of speaking, vanishes into air, as Cunningham himself was known to almost do as a young dancer who didn’t leap so much as seemingly fly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2019
‘I saw him, Mr. Butterbur,’ said a hobbit; ‘or leastways I didn’t see him, if you take my meaning. He just vanished into thin air, in a manner of speaking.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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