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These deities are the pantheon of Dilmun; i.e., this act breaks the cycle of incest and creates a new race of male and female gods that can reproduce normally.†
Chpt 33-34

i.e. = that is to say; or in other words
..in which comfort stations are distributed on a per-floor basis (i.e., in which several offices share a single facility)
Chpt 37-38

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...provision must be made within the confines of the individual office for temporary stationing of bathroom tissue distribution units (i.e., rolls).
Chpt 37-38 *
Without overgeneralizing, it may be stated that an inherent and irreducible feature of any bathroom-tissue pool implemented at the office level, in an environment (i.e., building) in which comfort stations are distributed on a per-floor basis (i.e., in which several offices share a single facility) is that provision must be made within the confines of the individual office for temporary stationing of bathroom tissue distribution units (i.e., rolls).†
Chpt 37-38

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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...
Chpt 37-38

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This follows from the fact that if the BTDUs (rolls) are stationed, while inactive, outside of the purview of the controlling office (i.e., the office that has collectively purchased the BTDU)-that is, if the BTDUs are stored, for example, in a lobby area or within the facility in which they are actually utilized, 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 (in this case the United States Government), or as the result of necessity, as in the case of a beverage spill that is encr†
Chpt 37-38

i.e. = that is to say; or in other words
Eliot is armed with a .44 Magnum revolver, which he carried on board the Kowloon "just for the halibut," i.e., he used it to execute halibut before passengers hauled them on board.†
Chpt 47-48
"Us homeboys look like we have twelve-gauge assholes," Eliot says, "i.e., that we are all stretched out and worthless.†
Chpt 49-50

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(1) (i.e.)
that is to say; or in other words
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, i.e. can refer to someone's initials.

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i.e.
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Snow Crash
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