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Example Sentences
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As for willpower, this will always play some sort of a role – what varies is the extent to which experts think it does.
From BBC
While the U.S. has welcomed Syria’s new administration, lifting its bounty on Sharaa and ending sanctions on Damascus, doubts about the extent of the transformation persist in Washington, too.
It's hard to imagine many other snooker players past or present transcending the sport to the extent of rubbing shoulders with royalty.
From BBC
Since 1945, historians have debated to what extent Naruhito's late grandfather Hirohito was responsible for Imperial Japan's war of aggression in Asia.
From Barron's
“In response, firms more than reversed the slight cut in charges seen a month prior, raising factory gate prices to the greatest extent in nine months in an effort to protect profit margin,” Bhatti said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
