How to Use this and that in a Sentence
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Naylor said he’s learned a little of this and that from all of them.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
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So there is a real readiness impact to all of this and that concerns me.
—Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
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Everything kind of revolved around the fact that Ed’s going to be there and do this and that and paint arrows in the roads. ...
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2022
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Pokémon cards and Little Mermaid this and that, stuff their own kids had at home.
—Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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There were all these articles from the time about how it was decorated and this and that.
—Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
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Eisner is president of a sports team, a network, studios, this and that.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Apr. 2023
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All sorts of specialists can tell you about limitations for this and that.
—Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
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The game is going to move more, there’s going to be more action, there’s going to be some quirky taking advantage of this and that.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
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Collage is a scrappy medium, put together with this and that.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
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The dish is centered around a fort-like construction of Japanese-style honey toast, garrisoned with ice cream, mango, sticky rice, roti bread and a drizzle of this and that.
—Stuart Melling, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
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Our pediatrician came to meet Riley the day after he was born and assured us that a lot of babies go through this and that Riley would make progress and come home to us.
—Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
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Mushrooms for this and that Mushrooms of Utah caters to the casual hobbyist and serious mushroom hunter alike.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
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And the fact that so many Republicans voted for this and that Kevin McCarthy behaved like a normal politician, horse trading.
—How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
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After three decades of existential this and that, the climate-change campaigners may have finally found a bridge too far.
—Kent Lassman, National Review, 15 Nov. 2022
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Poundbury defenders argue that local authorities all across Britain require approval for this and that.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
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The plans say there is nothing nefarious about this and that providers simply are unearthing medical conditions that otherwise would have gone untreated, thus benefiting their members.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 15 June 2022
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