| "In other words ..." | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 11 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | "To clarify ... " | LA Times Daily | 17 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | "In other words..." | Wall Street Journal | 25 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Clarifying words | New York Times | 04 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | "To put it more clearly . . ." | USA Today | 28 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | "In other words ..." | Universal | 13 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | To be precise (4,2) | Mirror Classic | 01 Jun 2024 | 
          
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            | '. . . by which I mean . . .' | USA Today | 25 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Clarification lead-in | Wall Street Journal | 27 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | "I mean to say ... " | LA Times Daily | 04 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Namely | Thomas Joseph | 24 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | 'To clarify . . .' | USA Today | 03 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | 'I meant to say . . .' | Newsday | 06 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | To wit | LA Times Daily | 27 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | 'To clarify ... ' | The Washington Post | 27 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | "To clarify ... " | LA Times Daily | 27 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | In other words | LA Times Daily | 12 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | In other words | The Washington Post | 12 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | i.e | USA Today | 28 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | To wit | New York Times | 29 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | To wit | The Washington Post | 13 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | To wit | LA Times Daily | 13 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Namely | Thomas Joseph | 11 May 2020 | 
          
            | Clarification starter | Newsday | 22 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | 'To clarify ... ' | The Washington Post | 16 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | "To clarify ... " | LA Times Daily | 16 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Words of clarification | The Washington Post Sunday | 31 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Clarifying words | Wall Street Journal | 23 Feb 2019 | 
          
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            | 'In other words ... ' | The Washington Post | 22 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | "In other words ... " | LA Times Daily | 22 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Strictly speaking | LA Times Daily | 02 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Strictly speaking | The Washington Post | 02 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | 'In other words ...' | New York Times | 08 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | In other words | Wall Street Journal | 12 May 2018 | 
          
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            | ''In other words . . .'' | Newsday | 05 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | What 'i.e.' means | New York Times | 23 Oct 2016 | 
          
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