to be sure
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Not all of this content is bad, to be sure.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
That isn’t a good thing, to be sure: It means competitors are eating its lunch in serving AI workloads.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
“And we found it so meaningful and purposeful to be sure that there is a place to talk about it, to create with it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
As one of them put it: "We have to be sure that when there is a contest we can have a candidate who can lead us in to the next election."
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“It is very comfortable, to be sure, thanks to the contents of that trunk.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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