and that
idiom
1
somewhat formal
—used to refer to an idea just mentioned
He was helpful, and that to an unusual degree.
2
chiefly British, informal
: and more things of the same kind
She spends her money drinking, gambling, and that.
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In her telling, and that of deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, there was no acknowledgment of a mistake by the government here—although the Administration’s own Solicitor General informed the Supreme Court that Abrego Garcia’s removal was an error.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
When one player is attempting nearly a third of the shots and that player loses confidence in his shot, the entire power play is likely to suffer because everyone’s top priority is to feed that guy the puck.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The rest is being pushed around for industrial use, and that has challenges.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Meta has argued in court papers that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users, and that Zuckerberg's past statements are no longer relevant amid fierce competition from ByteDance's TikTok, Google's YouTube and Apple's messaging app.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
When one player is attempting nearly a third of the shots and that player loses confidence in his shot, the entire power play is likely to suffer because everyone’s top priority is to feed that guy the puck.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The rest is being pushed around for industrial use, and that has challenges.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Meta has argued in court papers that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users, and that Zuckerberg's past statements are no longer relevant amid fierce competition from ByteDance's TikTok, Google's YouTube and Apple's messaging app.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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“And that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/and%20that. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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