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Also, in some sense . Sort of, in some ways but not others. For example, In a sense our schools are the best in the state, but the test scores don't always show that , or In some sense I agree with you, but not entirely . [Late 1500s] Also see in a way .

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"I was fortunate in a sense that it was stage one when I was first diagnosed, so I was told that I could be cured - and I was for a year," she continued.

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But I think it's perfect timing in a sense, because the film is so hopeful and the film is so much about community and how the community that we build in the places that we live is what makes anywhere a home.

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"In a sense you've got that central gathering point...like the castle in the Magic Kingdom...with different lands like spokes on a wheel, radiating out."

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This attitude quickly became apparent to the fans, who began cheering for him as if he was the team’s lovable mascot, which, in a sense, he was.

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She knew the only way they could be together is if she disobeyed her father, but in a sense, it would be healing the whole family.

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