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IN THAT
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(formal) in or into that thing or place
Example:
they can read therein what our plans are
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Domain usage:
formality (compliance with formal rules)
Context examples:
As it was, I merely remarked that they spoke English, and I therefore addressed them in that language.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A type of clinical study in which subjects are assigned to one of two treatment arms at the beginning of the trial and continue in that arm throughout the length of the trial.
(Parallel Study, NCI Thesaurus)
My eyes turned instinctively in that direction, and I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The woman’s disappearance counts for nothing, since in that extraordinary household any member of it might be invisible for a week.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And then, why fled? and how? and in that case, can we venture to declare this suicide?
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
This change may cause a disease in that person or in his or her children.
(Mutation carrier, NCI Dictionary)
In that case, the goal of treatment is to improve symptoms and relieve pain.
(Movement Disorders, NIH)
Detox-PC differs from Detox adjuvant and Detox-B in that Detox-PC contains egg phosphatidylcholine and alpha-tocopherol.
(DetoxPC, NCI Thesaurus)
Detox-B differs from Detox adjuvant in that Detox-B contains lecithin.
(Detox-B Adjuvant, NCI Thesaurus)
Cytokines resemble hormones in that they act at low concentrations and bind with high affinity to a specific receptor.
(Cytokine Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
