in that

Idioms

For the reason that, because, as in In that you will be busy for the next few weeks, let's go over your paper now. [Mid-1400s]

Example Sentences

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Manchester City are in that ominously familiar position of coming from behind to wrestle control away from those in front of them, with Arsenal and Arteta feeling hot breath on their shoulders.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The experimental medication kept the disease from progressing for a median of 12.2 months in that same group of patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

“It’s not even comparable to other issue areas that are funded, that are invested in, that can go do the work they need to do,” she said.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

I don’t know where they get on the field from, but somewhere in that area.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

It was astonishing, really, the quality of life she was able to lead in that crippled body, and watching her during the three years of her paralysis, I made another discovery about love.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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