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by itself (innately)

"It wasn't a dream per se, as a matter of fact," he told Jeannie.
Anne Tayler -- A Spool of Blue Thread

He would stay with us, but I had no legal protection per se.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
This was merged, in turn, in an examination of the Italian heart per se.
Henry James -- The American
They're not dangerous per se... "But they are a right pain," said Cooper, glancing at it.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
I'm not thinking of anything fancy, and not a recording studio, per se.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
Actually, it's not tied directly to the Chinese per se.
Ted Dekker -- Red: The Heroic Rescue
Four decades ago Bell Wiley wrote that scarcely one in ten Union soldiers "had any real interest in emancipation per se."
James M. McPherson -- What They Fought For - 1861-1865
He doesn't feel jealous of her past per se.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
Not big per se (as Chacko-of-Oxford would no doubt have put it).
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
The girl had no other injuries, per se, though she hardly responded when spoken to or even when examined.
Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
But I truly believe that it wasn't bullying, per se, that led Peter to do what he did.'
Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
"Not per se, no." He tapped the file.
David Baldacci -- Zero Day
They were humane enough, anticommercial enough, to call economic activity per se a danger to the salvation of the soul, that is, to humanity.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
I'd never really been afraid of heights per se, but being able to see all the details with such clarity made the prospect less appealing.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
Not that they are wrong, per se, but the church has always downplayed the Illuminati threat.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
"There's nothing wrong with it per se.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
Standardization is excellent, per se.
Sinclair Lewis -- Babbitt
"The rape per se didn't impact me so much," she says.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
"I was not coded by a professional hacker, per se, but by a researcher at the Library of Congress who taught himself how to code," the Librarian says.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
There were no experts at orbital mining per se.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die

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