Meanings
proper noun
- A surname.
I even discovered in writing this newsletter that my colleague Frank Bruni had taken the phrase to task last year (“the most degrading sequence of five words in the English language”) and William Safire had commented on it in The Times all the way back in 2006.
2023 September 12, John McWhorter, “What Is 'It Is What It Is'?”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2023, retrieved 13 Sep 2023
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APA
Safire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Safire
MLA
“Safire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Safire. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Safire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Safire.
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