extent
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A number of recent legal proceedings have laid bare the extent to which the Justice companies may have knowingly violated environmental laws, a key threshold for bringing a criminal matter.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
That changed in 2025, when China imposed export controls on several rare-earth elements and magnets in response to trade tensions with Washington, exposing the extent of Western dependence on Chinese supply chains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
He added the strategy was differentiated from the index and peers to a significant extent, in part because it includes small-cap stocks.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
"The police have never acknowledged the extent of their failings and the harm that they've caused in repercussions, not only on us as a family, for all these 90 women," Alex said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
After four years of misery and suffering, it is little wonder that people everywhere in Europe hoped and prayed—and to some extent believed—that this would be “the war to end all wars.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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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