that's the idea
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But that’s the idea of argument that I like, where you’re actually convincing someone of something, or you are adapting your own ideas to someone else’s.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025
"You use the time, distance and the magnitude of event pairs, and try to find the link between two events -- that's the idea," Chen said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023
And that's the idea of the film, as well.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2023
They’re on a healing journey, or at least that’s the idea; family friction keeps intruding, much of it rooted in Nate’s specific failures as a husband and father.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022
"We certainly can't leave them and we can't take them and—" "Glory, that's the idea, let's take the whole bunch!" exclaimed David with radiant countenance.
From Andrew the Glad by Daviess, Maria Thompson
