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• If anything, maybe that locks him in to a greater extent.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
• There’s plenty of time spent on the three main brothers — Kevin, Kerry and David — and to a lesser degree on Mike.
  — Ed Symkus, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• But the Hotline believes the Huskies, to a greater extent than the Wildcats, could have done more despite tricky timing.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
• That is what Texas and to a lesser extent Florida are trying to do.
  — Erwin Chemerinsky, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2024
• Casas, who is a minus-6 in defensive runs saved, will, too — though to a lesser extent than Hernández.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• Other people’s drama is the foundation of the internet, and it could be mined to a greater extent on late night, frankly.
  — Vulture, 27 Oct. 2023
• Didn’t retailers rely on discounts to a greater extent than even in 2022?
  — Indy Guha, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• That same void exists, to a lesser degree, in the music industry.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Red Lobster is also going through it, but to a lesser extent.
  — Angela L. Pagán / The Takeout, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
• The walled Old City is only a third of a square mile in size, and few places evoke to a greater extent the literal jostling of one Abrahamic faith against another.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Much of the evidence concerned breast cancer and to a lesser extent prostate cancer.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• Milwaukee’s north, northwest and, to a lesser extent, near-south sides, continue to bear the brunt of the city's violence.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• Without any ties to the U.S., many Venezuelans have relied on local services to a greater extent than other migrants.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2023
• The drop has come heavily from Biden’s fellow Democrats and, to a lesser extent, from the state’s nonpartisan voters.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• That is expected to continue — even if to a lesser extent.
  — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• Other surrounding counties, such as Anne Arundel and Howard, use the city system, but to a lesser extent.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2023
• On some other issues, Trump’s approval rating ticked up to a lesser degree.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
• For now, traders are betting that the first rate cut will likely come in June, according to futures; to a lesser degree, some traders are betting on July.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• Those fundraising hardships have also been felt, to a lesser degree, among venture capital firms across the board.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 1 June 2023
• When beginners start strength training, neural adaptations will lead to rapid progress in strength (and to a lesser degree, muscle growth).
  — Alyssa Sparacino, Men's Health, 28 July 2023
• It is also produced in peripheral tissues such as the breasts, liver, brain, skin, bone, and pancreas, though to a lesser degree.
  — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2023
• Still, the rise of Trump — and, to a lesser extent, Sanders — has shown that system to be far more malleable than previously thought, a shift that Terris captures perfectly.
  — Alex Shephard, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• Two markers found in blood also were elevated, though to a lesser extent.
  — Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• Now, another factor is weighing on the oil benchmark, albeit to a lesser extent.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 8 June 2023
• However, Manuka honey and raw honey, though to a lesser extent, will provide many of the same health benefits.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
• In those spots, and to a lesser extent globally, Yuan’s studies show a possible warming from the loss of sulfur pollution.
  — Seth Borenstein, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• Bond yields fell earlier in the day after supplier prices deflated to a greater degree than expected in May.
  — WSJ, 14 June 2023
• South Lake Tahoe, and to a lesser extent its sister city across the border, Stateline, Nev., is shedding its image as a haven for low-roller gamblers to the north and purveyor of low-rent roadside dive motels for ski bums to the south.
  — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• Iran, and to a lesser degree Turkey, both remain difficult neighbors.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Trump and other Republicans have been able to attract some more votes from Hispanic and to a lesser extent Black people in recent elections.
  — Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024