extent
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Therefore, if they talk to him, they will be part of history, and to the extent they’re characters in the story, they’ll come off well.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
What makes this particular sixpence remarkable is the extent and unusual pattern of its damage.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
A big question for the months ahead: To what extent will higher energy prices continue to bleed into other parts of the economy and drive up prices more broadly?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Jill said escaping the situation was difficult and that she only gradually came to understand the extent of what had happened to her.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Everything I worked on, every calculation I performed, was accurate to the extent of my ability.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
A lot of people are doing that with their chatbots to all kinds of extents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
The individual samples were polluted to different extents.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024
Last year also saw Antarctic sea ice extents reach record lows for the time of year in eight different months, including all-time daily and monthly lows in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
Agriculture and Industries.—The cultivation of the rice-fields, which cover large extents of the plains of Cochin-China, is by far the chief industry of the colony.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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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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