How to Use to a greater/lesser degree/extent in a Sentence

to a greater/lesser degree/extent

idiom
  • If anything, maybe that locks him in to a greater extent.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
  • The players teams will call most about are Jonathan Kuminga and, to a lesser degree, Moses Moody.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • 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 would be Wes, and to a lesser extent Mrs. Langsberry.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 June 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
  • As Earth turns, the gravitational pull between it and the moon, and to a lesser degree the sun, creates ocean tides.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Kamala the prosecutor is present there, and, to a lesser extent, so is Kamala the meme.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • 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
  • Ford got a big boost slashing prices, particularly on the Mach-E and, to a lesser degree, on the Lightning.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 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
  • But what was happening behind the scenes is what would really send Great Britain – and to a lesser extent, the world – back to the days of Britpop mania.
    Mark Sutherland, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
  • More broadly, Thomas, to a greater extent even than Cannon, suggested that the road to tyranny runs through Smith’s office.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 16 July 2024
  • If a full co-ord is not your jam, then there is also a DunKings costume inspired by the boy band outfits just to a lesser extent.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the evidence concerned breast cancer and to a lesser extent prostate cancer.
    Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
  • The company’s share price is correlated to the price of gold , and also copper to a lesser degree.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Also, of course, addiction, divorce, and suicide, which tend to plague the armed forces to a greater degree than the non-military public.
    CBS News, 28 June 2024
  • Footwell intrusion was also seen in the passenger-side test to a lesser degree, IIHS found.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 June 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
  • Altice, Drahi, and to a lesser extent, Sotheby’s, have become something of a staple in the financial trade.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 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
  • This motif is carried on to a greater degree in the interior, with a hidden vault in the center console containing an 18 carat gold speedform of the Phantom.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024

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