extent
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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
"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
“I realized that we had something that was hugely significant, but I didn’t realize the extent of the bombshell until the broadcast,” Bashir recalled in “The Verdict.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Jarden is also surprised by the extent of the reduction to Hemi’s reserves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The orange leaves were the extent of my lesson plan, but still I searched the empty briefcase, mindful that I had stupidly armed my audience with straight pins.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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