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somewhat

[suhm-hwuht, -hwot, -hwuht, -wuht, -wot, -wuht] / ˈsʌmˌʰwʌt, -ˌʰwɒt, -ʰwət, -ˌwʌt, -ˌwɒt, -wət /


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After accounting for these effects, the researchers found that the adjusted temperatures for 2023 and 2024 were somewhat lower than the original observations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

And, if millions remember him only as the somewhat taciturn commander of the USS Enterprise, that prospect was not something that worried him.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

This week’s public skirmish was a repeat performance, if not a somewhat pathetic display of both men’s need to agitate for attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Excluding recent acquisitions, Santander’s top-line performance was somewhat weak, but the bank is keeping costs under control, analysts at Jefferies wrote in a note to clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

If permitted to define a decade somewhat loosely, then the next decade was the most crucial and consequential in American history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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