(all) the more so

idiom

used to say why something (such as an attribute or quality) applies to a greater degree or extent
The play was impressive—(all) the more so because the students had written it themselves.

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All the more so given the turbulence among top tech companies and the still very-real limitations of today’s AI. Allison Salisbury, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 Suddenly, Naomi’s disappearance strikes Takashi as a mystery in need of solving, and all the more so after Yohji insists that his second wife — so sweet and caringly devoted to her husband’s needs — cut her own throat with a pair of kitchen scissors. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 July 2024 All the more so given that an increasing number of large businesses are being nationalized, undermining confidence in the protection of private property and suggesting that the market as such is at risk. Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2024 All the more so because Biden is not Trump, whose vigorous projection at his speeches tends to mask their absurdity, incoherence, and flagrant incorrectness. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for (all) the more so 

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“(all) the more so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28all%29%20the%20more%20so. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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