"in this connection" meaning in English

See in this connection in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in this connection, {{en-prep phrase}} in this connection
  1. (formal, sometimes proscribed, dated) In connection with this subject; in this regard. Tags: dated, formal, proscribed, sometimes
    Sense id: en-in_this_connection-en-prep_phrase-j9CF1yZt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "We Americans have not yet thoroughly acquired the habit of regarding the museums as great picture books, and yet such they are, and in this connection I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. J. A. Allen, […] for much valuable assistance and advice in connection with this book.",
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          "text": "Information technology contributes to making society and the individual person's everyday more transparent than earlier. Bulk information concerning the individual is collected at an apparently uncontrollable number of points in society. In this connection there is a continuous need for mapping out the occurrence and the possibility of abuse of the electronic traces consumers leave behind in society.",
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