to the greatest extent

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“Supply chains also faced notable disruptions, with suppliers’ delivery times lengthening to the greatest extent since December 2022, posing challenges to operational efficiency,” said Yao Yu, founder of RatingDog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"I just wanted to ski as the person I am. I know I can be the best in the world, if I do that to the greatest extent."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

It requires the government “shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable,” all unaccompanied children receive legal counsel to represent them in “legal proceedings.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

These are people who are going to loot the government to the greatest extent they possibly can.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

Further, suppose that it were possible to make the religious withdraw, so that their ministries should cease; within a few days their lack would he bewailed, to the greatest extent possible.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander