extent
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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
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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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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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