in a/one sense

idiom

: in one way : from one point of view
In one sense, he was correct.

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Therefore, in a sense, the battle to finish second is almost the most interesting thing — and these days, that’s usually Real Madrid. Michael Cox, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024 Still, McDonald, winner of six Tony Awards, is not, in a sense, a natural for the part of Rose, a role usually played by a star riding her larger-than-life charisma and blistering belt to a standing ovation. Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 Ares and her team are probing the limits of thermodynamics on the smallest scales — the motive power of quantum fire, in a sense. Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024 The dam keepers have, in a sense, just sailed their own vessel to the shipbreaker’s boneyard. Michelle Weber, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in a/one sense 

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“In a/one sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%2Fone%20sense. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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