extent
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The success of SpaceX depends to a huge extent on its AI business.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
It examines, among other things, the extent to which a company opens jobs to workers without bachelor’s degrees and the degree to which skills-based hiring is an intentional strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
To the extent you want to own gold, the best advice may be to pick a small but meaningful allocation and stick with it.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
And the archival footage from “The Verdict” shows the extent to which fandom and media frenzy influenced the proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
It’s likely they were so segregated from ordinary fighting units and considered so special that the women of these regiments were, to a certain extent, untouchable.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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