extent
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But that urge to stop working after turning 60 and your many unresolved anxieties about retirement are, to an extent, in conflict.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
But a film’s domestic reception, and to some extent, its international box office revenue, does play a role in the value of those downstream revenue opportunities, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Cerutti, who has buyers in Britain, Dubai and the US, acknowledged her production has suffered from the heat too, to some extent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The FTC concedes as much, stating in its August enforcement bulletin that “the extent to which businesses currently use personalized pricing is not well understood, and the effects of personalized pricing on consumers are unclear.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
It’s possible that since Bobby was influenced by Nietzsche to some extent, he was following this course to the extreme.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
The researchers identified 10 other major crops affected to lesser but significant extents, including sorghum, soybeans, potatoes, millet and yams.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
"Wagner has had links to both General al-Burhan's enterprises and to Mr Hemedti's enterprises to different extents and in different ways," she says.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023
Their geographic extents and how long they lasted were similar.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
The others claimed lands of various extents, stretching to the Mississippi River, or even to the Pacific Ocean.
From Government and Administration of the United States by Westel W. Willoughby
Vocabulary lists containing extent
Commonly Confused Words, List 5
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James Monroe's First Inaugural Address (1817)
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Words from the First 2020 Presidential Debate
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