extent
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Modern historians must try to reconstruct the nature, extent and consequences of this horrific calamity from anguished and often contradictory reports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
"We find that to some extent, Alzheimer's disease is a little like cancer -- driven by the same mutations that drive blood cancers like lymphoma and leukemia," said Walsh.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
“To the extent that you see outreach trying to register unhoused people to vote, I think that’s a good thing, not a bad thing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
El Nino events typically peak around December when abnormally warm waters in the tropical Pacific reach their greatest extent.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is often unrelated to actual crime patterns.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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