what it is
Example Sentences
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They know what it is and what it ought to look like.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
"Russia is what it is, and we're not ashamed of showing it," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once told me in an interview.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
With healthcare affordability on everyone’s mind, policymakers should recognize 340B for what it is: a program that makes healthcare cheaper and more accessible for patients at no cost to the federal government.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
But it doesn’t matter to me what it is.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
“This is what it is to live,” he cried; “now I enjoy existence! But you, my dear Frankenstein, wherefore are you desponding and sorrowful!”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
