in and of itself

Intrinsically, considered alone. For example, In and of itself the plan might work, but I doubt that it will be approved. It is also put simply as in itself, as in This account may be true in itself. [First half of 1600s]

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“The game in and of itself, I’m going to miss a lot, but I’ll be OK without that,” he later added.

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“Doing so may infringe on First Amendment-protected free speech — belonging to an ideological group in and of itself is not a crime in the United States.”

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“The concrete has all this life in and of itself,” said Magaloni.

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“And we see that in, in and of itself, just in looking at how long these Tommy John procedures last.”

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Srinivasan, who is Indian American, said that although the covered wagon painting is not offensive in and of itself, the timing of the Homeland Security post raises questions about the government’s intended meaning.

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