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be one thing

verb

Definitions

  1. To be ordinary or acceptable

    To be ordinary or acceptable; often used with "be another thing" to contrast two different ideas, situations, or actions.

    • Talking is one thing; actually taking action is another.
    • It might be one thing if Congress clearly ordained this strange result. But it did not. The relevant statute, the presumption of judicial review, and our precedent all point toward allowing, not forbidding, inventors their day in court.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for be one thing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA