in a manner of speaking
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Except that, in the next month, the Rosetta Stone is returning home — in a manner of speaking.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
And in a manner of speaking, it is.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 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
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
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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