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in light of

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  1. in light ofpreposition

    given, considering

  2. Etymology: Probably from in the light of

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in light of in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in light of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of in light of in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    It took guts for Director Comey to make the move that Director Comey made in light of the kind of opposition Director Comey had where they're trying to protect her from criminal prosecution, you know that. It took a lot of guts.

  2. Julia Coronado:

    These are very solid numbers in light of those demographic realities, the notion here is that without the investment, you are not going to see productivity growth.

  3. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

    Whatever our level of education, we can truly read and understand the Scriptures in the light of our faith in Jesus, the living Word, who is present and speaks to us today in and through his Church. Outside of that faith, no one can do theology or understand Scripture as God intends it to be understood.

  4. Rear Admiral John Kirby:

    What can I tell you is we are continuing to review the security assistance policy in light of developments -- developments inside Egypt, so we are still holding -- currently holding on the delivery of several weapon systems, to include the F-16s, the --the M1A1 tanks and -- and some other things, like Harpoon missiles. Those are still on -- on hold, and there's been no decision with respect to that.

  5. Terence Monahan:

    I think we did a lot well. I think — there was no loss of life during the course of this. No buildings went up in flames. No businesses were burned out. The looters, I think we responded, we — we made sure we were able to contain it to the best of our ability, for a city of 8.6 million people, I thought we did a good job in light of unprecedented type circumstances.


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