Sentence examples similar to a so called defense from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a so called defense" is not correct; it should be "a so-called defense." You can use it when referring to a defense that is being questioned or criticized, implying that it may not be valid or legitimate.

Example: "The lawyer presented what she described as a so-called defense, but the evidence suggested otherwise."
Alternatives: "a purported defense" or "an alleged defense."

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This is a so called "extrinsic" strategy.

Such plastic defense pathways, so called induced defenses, are generally believed to have evolved as a resource-saving strategy (reviewed in [ 2]).

They failed to fulfill that aspiration because President Gorbachev perceived the so called Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), which included weapons in space, as proposed, as endangering stability and obtaining military advantage while President Reagan only thought of it as defensive.

Outside the context of political violence and drug wars, in Latin America, the disappearance of persons has been related to paramilitary groups as in the case of Colombia (Rozema 2008; Hristov 2010), and the so called self-defense forces, as in Mexico (Santamaría 2014).

Since last year when Zimmerman allegedly killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense, the mainstream media joined by so called black activists injected a racially charged narrative into the case.

Daphnia pulex show a number of defense strategies in response to chemical cues of predators, so called kairomones, chemical signals released by one organism and sensed by another to the disadvantage of the producer in this interspecific context.

So call this a return to November form — a return to fluid offense, semirespectable defense and just enough grit to hold it all together for a while.

So call an arbitrary such object "d".

So call it a PR "resurgence" instead.

So call your airlines a name.

There was no lawyer in town to serve as Trusdale's defense, so Mizell called on George Andrews, owner of the mercantile, the hostelry, and the Good Rest Hotel.

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