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Most of the items the store sells are private-label, i.e., not national brands you'd recognize.i.e. = in other words
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She is bullish (i.e., optimistic) about the stock market.i.e. = that is to say
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The tournament allows only amateur players, i.e., those who have never earned money playing.
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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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Although I was more or less forced to invite all my "school friends," i.e., the ragtag bunch of drama people and English geeks I sat with by social necessity in the cavernous cafeteria of my public school, I knew they wouldn't come. (source)i.e. = that is to sayeditor's notes: This is the abbreviation for the Latinid est.
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This effect could be made reversible, though not in individual subjects, by altering the components of the pill as needed, i.e., if the populations of any one area got too low. (source)i.e. = in other words
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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
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...they will be subject to pilferage and "shrinkage" as unauthorized persons consume them, either as part of a conscious effort to pilfer or out of an honest misunderstanding, i.e., a belief that the BTDUs are being provided free of charge by the operating agency... (source)i.e. = that is to say or in other words
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"A resolution was taken to retreat," remembered one of Mawhood's junior officers, "i.e., run away as fast as we could." (source)i.e. = in other words
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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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In a paper called "The Economics of 'Acting White,'" the young black Harvard economist Roland G. Fryer Jr. argues that some black students "have tremendous disincentives to invest in particular behaviors (i.e., education, ballet, etc.) due to the fact that they may be deemed a person who is trying to act like a white person (a.k.a. 'selling-out')." (source)i.e. = that is to say or in other words
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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)
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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)
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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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