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extent

[ik-stent] / ɪkˈstɛnt /


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Treasury market will be left assessing the extent of the damage to U.S. inflation in the wake of the cease-fire in the Middle East conflict, TD Securities’ strategists say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Trichomonosis infects mainly greenfinches and chaffinches, and other species to a lesser extent.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

To that extent they are like their much better-known cousins, exchange-traded funds, or ETFs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

As teammates, we had an unspoken contract to do the drills to the extent that the movements become instinct, to do the work, to play injured, to show up.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Since survival was a practical matter, some of the rules of segregation that were strictly enforced in other locations didn’t exist to the same extent in Oakhurst.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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