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extent

[ik-stent] / ɪkˈstɛnt /


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Victoria said she did not believe those responsible for different aspects of Elise's treatment understood either her daughter or the extent of her suffering.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Social media platforms are all, to some extent, their own little bubbles.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Health workers fighting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo are threatening to strike over unpaid wages, as the World Health Organization warned Tuesday the extent of the epidemic could be four times larger than reported.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Fortunately, the airbags didn’t deploy, and as far as we can tell, that’s the extent of the visible damage.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

To what extent did this fool the town?

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.

From Barron's Dec. 3, 2025

"It is indicating that the Antarctic has moved into a new regime of lower ice extents."

From BBC Feb. 14, 2025

The individual samples were polluted to different extents.

From Science Daily Apr. 9, 2024

Last year also saw Antarctic sea ice extents reach record lows for the time of year in eight different months, including all-time daily and monthly lows in February.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2024

Large forests of mahogany, cedar, zapotillo trees cover vast extents of land in the eastern and southern portions of the peninsula; whilst patches of logwood and mora, many miles in length, grow near the coast.

From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Le Plongeon, Augustus




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