in a sense
Example Sentences
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"This isn't that surprising in a sense, because that is predicted by geodynamic simulations," Wolf said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
They are safer, in a sense: less vulnerable to factual rebuttal and more deeply rooted in personal experience.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
It is near impossible now to genuinely create the first kind, but the process of making “Maddie’s Secret” was in a sense about being the second and striving for the first.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
He has always been congratulatory of me, almost proud of me in a sense.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Hush Puppies, in a sense then, got lucky.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
