extent
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Fortunately, the airbags didn’t deploy, and as far as we can tell, that’s the extent of the visible damage.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
“The public is demanding accountability, but to what extent can the mayor hold this company accountable when it’s being represented by her advisor and friend?” asked Sara Sadhwani, a politics professor at Pomona College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“To the extent that we have to investigate breaches of national security, that’s something we will continue to do,” a Justice Department spokeswoman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Holding would still happen - it cannot be eradicated from a contact sport - just not to the same extent.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
At that time, the steam-traffic on the Thames was far below its present extent, and watermen’s boats were far more numerous.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
"Melt extents and snowlines are proxies for glacier mass balance."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
The three lowest minimum extents in the satellite era have now occurred in the last three years.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
“I try to keep it on the low to certain extents of what she can find out,” Ruiz said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
The extents to which financial credit can be extended in the countries at war seem to be almost without limit.
From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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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