How to Use extent in a Sentence

extent

noun

• She tried to determine the extent of the damage.
• He questions the extent to which these remedies are needed.
• All gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
  — Suzanne Herman, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• These kids need to serve time to the fullest extent that the law allows.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
• There is an extent to which Zhao was the last of his breed.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
• Traders are split on the extent to which the Fed will lower rates.
  — Pia Singh,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
• Yes, to the extent granted by law, like through a will.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 17 May 2024
• This opens the door to the idea that, to some extent, synesthesia can be learned.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The extent of sea ice around the continent hit a record low in 2022.
  — Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• The extent of the Greek wildfires More than 672 square miles have burned so far this year.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
• But as Reyes described the extent of his riches, the mood changed.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• And so this is an extent of kind of a four-part series as far as videos.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 17 Oct. 2023
• Six fire units worked for hours to put out the flames, and the extent of the damages remains unclear.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 21 July 2023
• The sources of the strikes and the extent of the damage were not immediately known.
  — Neil Collier, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• To some extent, the reluctance to enter the fray in full force makes sense.
  — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
• Sources are split on the extent to which Disney pulling out will harm the show’s future.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 July 2024
• That is, implants can raise the breast and the level of the nipple a little, but not to the same extent a lift can.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Dec. 2023
• The extent of what Halls is copping to in the plea is still somewhat up for debate.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
• So she gets thrown away to some extent and abandoned twice in her life.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2023
• And while the extent of the water cuts is the same in the two main scenarios, the difference lies in who would bear the brunt of the cuts.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• The extent was not entirely clear when the new law launched less than two years ago.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
• The pond, two or three acres in extent, teemed with pike, pickerel, and perch.
  — Don Holm, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• Woodson will always need to go to his bench to some extent.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
• But this was the extent of the rewards wrought by the U.S’s diplomatic efforts.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
• And to some extent, those markets overreacted to the start of the war.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023
• The extent of the injuries for the other three people is unknown.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
• Staffers are still assessing the full extent of the damage.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
• To some extent, this push and pull exists in every state.
  — Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 19 Feb. 2023
• According to the memoir, Bertolucci did not tell Schneider the full extent of the film’s plot until right before production.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
• Explaining climate efforts in financial terms could help, at least to some extent, avoid some of those critiques.
  — Justin Worland, TIME, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024