in and of itself

Intrinsically, considered alone. For example, In and of itself the plan might work, but I doubt that it will be approved. It is also put simply as in itself, as in This account may be true in itself. [First half of 1600s]

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From the UK perspective the tariff is a tax on domestic consumers that increases inflation, so a lower value is in and of itself good.

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Defense attorney Leonard Levine has argued that prosecutors are focusing too much on the sordid details of his client’s affair, which is not in and of itself evidence that she plotted a killing.

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But I just thought, you know, then it doesn’t feel like a yummy mistep of an analogue photo, which speaks almost to the haziness of memory, in and of itself.

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“That in and of itself is extremely concerning because there’s no clear authority for anything they are doing at Guantanamo.”

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But holding on to the role of PM will be a fight in and of itself.

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