greatly
Example Sentences
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The Panama Canal greatly reduces the time and distance ships have to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Iran’s oil exports have been greatly reduced after the U.S. imposed naval blockades of Iranian ports, though it is unclear how long that will remain the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Reports of his retirement had been greatly exaggerated.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
That grew greatly under Salonen and with the new hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
‘The treatment of natural things differs greatly from that of other sciences...In the explanation of natural causes, we must necessarily have recourse to a different kind of principle, called “hypothesis” or “supposition”.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
