make partial
Example Sentences
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The government agreed to use $4.65 billion in contingency funds to make partial payments, but warned it could take several weeks or months for states to deliver benefits to recipients.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
So far, her family has been able to make partial payments to the utility, but she fears what will happen if their electricity gets cut off, as has happened to some of her neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025
The governor’s authority to make partial vetoes does not extend into meddling with the fine print so minutely, the court found.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2021
Both of the new results make partial progress toward a proof of the full conjecture.
From Scientific American • Aug. 27, 2018
They would rush forth occasionally upon straggling parties of Spaniards, and make partial attacks upon the houses.
From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Irving, Washington
