Examples of to a certain extent in a Sentence
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Exactly how much changing the Big 12’s name would be worth annually to the 16 universities depends, to a certain extent, on the details.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
This is true to a certain extent, as has been found in flowers.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Yes, there are trial-and-error costs, and bouncing ideas off each other is necessary to a certain extent.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Isn’t anyone who has to live their life publicly to a certain extent?
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
So to a certain extent what people are seeing now isn't really new.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
Democrats–and, to a certain extent, mainstream economists–bristled at the concept of directing policy toward discrete industries.
—Bymaria Flynn, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
That’s always been, to a certain extent, quite true.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
Everything is a little more relaxed to a certain extent.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
This is true to a certain extent, as has been found in flowers.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Yes, there are trial-and-error costs, and bouncing ideas off each other is necessary to a certain extent.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Isn’t anyone who has to live their life publicly to a certain extent?
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
So to a certain extent what people are seeing now isn't really new.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
Democrats–and, to a certain extent, mainstream economists–bristled at the concept of directing policy toward discrete industries.
—Bymaria Flynn, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
That’s always been, to a certain extent, quite true.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
Everything is a little more relaxed to a certain extent.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
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“To a certain extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20certain%20extent. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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