that is

Idioms  

1. Also, that is to say. To explain more clearly, in other words, as in It's on the first floor, that is, at street level, or We're coming next month, that is to say, in November. [Early 1600s] Also see under that's.

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that is

“Everything that is fixed is a target now.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

He said that currently "you've got hundreds of thousands of young people stuck in a benefit system that is trapping them in poverty, giving them no prospect of prosperity or a job".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

"We want to understand how these early tetrapods were living and how that is reflected in changes to their bodies," Stewart said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Now we have a space that is designed and — provided we have the resources to staff it — we can keep those operations going on simultaneously.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry,” she said.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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