How to Use that/this way in a Sentence

that/this way

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  • That male was maybe the first of its kind to turn its massive head this way and that, surveying the quiet valley.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The first person to sort of make his name this way was Kenneth Arrow, who received the Nobel Prize for it.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2023
  • Trim the wick regularly to prolong your candle’s life and avoid wasting wax in this way.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • When Ozempic is used this way, it’s considered off-label.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2023
  • In this way, Holofcener is able to go to comic extremes by blowing everything out of proportion.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
  • Put it this way: Whatever I might be falsely accused of doing, this picture fits.
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And a 13-year-old acting this way does have some agency, but is also still a kid and is probably going through all kinds of emotional stuff.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
  • In this way Across the Spider-Verse gets even more serious about recreating the experience of reading a comic book.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
  • In this way the researchers could reliably determine an AI based on the complexity of the molecule’s mass spectrum.
    Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • But third parties making these offers will try to steal a taxpayer's personal information this way.
    John F. Wasik, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • In this way, patients can shop around when scheduling a non-urgent procedure, and employers can design health benefits for their employees in a way that reduces cost, Felzkowski said.
    Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2023
  • Balanchine, it can be said, created American ballet, made this way of dancing a mainstream American art, something that Life magazine would put on its cover.
    Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2023
  • Many heads of industry are finding that employees' ability to schedule their lives in a more balanced way is a perk few are willing to relinquish, and many business owners and C-suite executives like conducting their own business this way, too.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • No major presidential candidate has ever announced their candidacy on social media this way, certainly in a Twitter Space.
    Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 24 May 2023

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