greater
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The loss of oil refining capacity in the UK meant a greater need to import refined products like petrol, which comes in on smaller tankers.
From BBC
As she’s grown older, she’s developed a greater interest in the farm’s business operations.
German magazine Der Spiegel said the heist had become a political issue and a symbol of something greater than the crime itself: "The feeling that promises of security are hollow, that institutions are failing, that ultimately no-one is being held accountable."
From BBC
New developments piercing the grey sky is something the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, points out to me as he reveals a reversal in the trend of educated young northerners making the journey "down south".
From BBC
In 2024, the latest year for which there is official internal migration data, 13,000 Londoners moved to Greater Manchester, more than the 11,800 making what was the more typical journey the other way.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
