Even on its own terms
Conservationists are starting to accept that the old preservation-jar model is failing, even on its own terms.
What does "even on its own terms" mean?
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OED, term , phrases, P2, b, (b): " on one's (also its) own terms: as dictated by oneself; without reference to outside influence or authority; in one's own way. Whatever the "preservation-jar model" is, it is not producing the result it was designed to produce.
- OED, term , phrases, P2, b, (b): " on one's (also its) own terms: as dictated by oneself; without reference to outside influence or authority; in one's own way.
- Whatever the "preservation-jar model" is, it is not producing the result it was designed to produce.
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OED, term, phrases, P2, b, (b): "on one's (also its) own terms: as dictated by oneself; without reference to outside influence or authority; in one's own way.
Whatever the "preservation-jar model" is, it is not producing the result it was designed to produce.
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