see (something) in (something or someone)
phrasal verb
saw (something) in (something or someone); seen (something) in (something or someone); seeing (something) in (something or someone); sees (something) in (something or someone)
: to notice or perceive (something good or attractive) in (someone or something)
I think their plan is crazy, but he apparently sees something in it.
I can't understand what she sees in him.
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The lasting scars on the Gaza landscape are plain to see in the more than 360,000 structures − homes, schools, hospitals, mosques and other buildings − that lie in a vast expanse of toxic rubble.
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Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The fact that the festival screens too many films for anyone to see in totality makes the annual push to form snap judgments—good year?
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
But improvements in asteroid survey technology, and future asteroid-spotting missions, could detect objects astronomers haven’t been able to see in the past.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Adam Laats, a professor of education and history at Binghamton University in New York, said that’s not unusual to see in national surveys.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
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Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The fact that the festival screens too many films for anyone to see in totality makes the annual push to form snap judgments—good year?
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
But improvements in asteroid survey technology, and future asteroid-spotting missions, could detect objects astronomers haven’t been able to see in the past.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Adam Laats, a professor of education and history at Binghamton University in New York, said that’s not unusual to see in national surveys.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
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“See (something) in (something or someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see%20%28something%29%20in%20%28something%20or%20someone%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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