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in and of itself

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in and of itself
considering it alone. The idea in and of itself is not bad, but the side issues introduce many difficulties. Her action, in and of itself, caused us no problem.
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in and of itself
without considering anything else Any step we can take to end the conflict and save lives is important in and of itself.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form in and of themselves: Lower interest rates in and of themselves don't mean much for stock prices.
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Such pictures photograph the very "photographic instant," and it is in this that they truly become radical exercises of what Duchamp called the "infrathin"--which is, without a doubt, the difference between the photograph of the photographed, of the "real," and that of the photographic instant or the photographic act in and of itself.
 
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