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Also, in the flesh . In one's physical presence, as in He applied for the job in person , or I couldn't believe it, but there she was, in the flesh . The first expression dates from the mid-1500s. The variant, from the 1300s, was long used to allude to the bodily resurrection of Jesus, but later acquired its looser meaning. Charles Dickens has it in Our Mutual Friend (1865): “The minutes passing on, and no Mrs. W. in the flesh appearing.”

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In the face of such criticism, Israeli officials did point out that the country's current ambassador to the Vatican had offered his condolences in person.

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Which brings me to what might seem like an old-fashioned idea: shopping in person.

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Among the 100 schools that are APLUS+ members, Rice said, two-thirds of students take classes in person at least one day a week.

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"They shine as brightly on screen as they do in person, never compromising who they are or what they stand for," he said.

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"These kind of attacks are so rare to see in person. We know they happen in the wild but it's rare they're ever seen," he said.

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in perpetuum in personam

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