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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

Yes, that’s the idea — until shadows from the past jolt Adonis, leading him inevitably back to the ring.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 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

"Oh, that's the idea, is it?" said Larpent.

From Charles Rex by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)




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