in light of

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Etymology

Probably from in the light of

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in light of

  1. (idiomatic, Australia, Canada, US) given, considering
    • 2015, Roy Posner, A New Way of Living‎, page 103:
      The United Nations then became the one great attempt to establish a formal institution to unify the world, especially in light of the darkness that preceded it.
    • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2:
      In light of such conceptualisations of the power of linguistic landscapes, we set out to examine the connection between the visual landscape and the spoken landscape in our institution[.]
  2. (idiomatic) because of, as a result of
    • 2024 February 4, “Celine Dion makes SHOCK appearance at Grammys 2024 amid battle with incurable stiff-person syndrome - as she presents historic award to tearful Taylor Swift”, in dailymail.co.uk‎:
      The star, 55, who has stepped away from her singing career in light of her health woes, was visibly emotional as she walked onstage with the support of eldest son […]

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