Sample Sentences for
i.e.
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    The money needs to last until the end of the Federal fiscal year, i.e., September 30th.
    i.e. = in other words
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    The graph is in constant 2018 dollars, i.e., the amounts are adjusted for inflation.
    i.e. = that is to say
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    At the very least, I am somewhat troubled that this child was not held to the same stringent application standards (i.e. interview) that the rest of the incoming middle-school students were.  (source)
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    No listening to forbidden broadcasts, with certain exceptions, i.e., German stations may only be tuned in to listen to classical music.  (source)
    i.e. = that is to say
    editor's notes: This is the abbreviation for the Latinid est.
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    It was a sort of habit that she had when she was irritated with us (i.e., all the time).  (source)
    i.e. = that is to say or in other words
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    ..in which comfort stations are distributed on a per-floor basis (i.e., in which several offices share a single facility)  (source)
    i.e. = in other words
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    The Impossible — I.E., my marriage with St. John — was fast becoming the Possible.  (source)
    I.E. = that is to say or in other words
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    The majority of people are lumped somewhere in the middle; i.e., they're either slight Dumpees or slight Dumpers.  (source)
    i.e. = that is to say
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    "For example, I had always had my doubts about his special ability" (i.e.: using his black box to let others hear him speaking with his mind).  (source)
    i.e. = that is to say
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    He was able to pay other people to work for him, i.e. the dry cleaners, taxi drivers, waitresses, etc. The shipyards and ammunition plants brought to booming life by the war let him know that he was needed and even appreciated.  (source)
    i.e. = that is to say or in other words
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    Also, she is exceedingly bright, reinforcing Henry Miller's observation somewhere that sex is all in the head, i.e., dumb girls, dumb screwing.  (source)
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    It's too bad about not being able to get ,me in Croft House, but I don't actually care where I stay as long as it's warm and no bugs and I see you occasionally, i.e. every single minute.  (source)
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    Long exile from Christendom and civilization inevitably restores a man to that condition in which God placed him, i.e. what is called savagery.  (source)
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