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

Thus, in a sense, the gravitational field has negative energy.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking