extent
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Mark said his health had deteriorated to such an extent that "at the age of 25 I probably had the body of an 80-year-old".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Yet exactly how and to what extent the designation will affect his members is unknown because no detailed analysis was done, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
While ecological concerns, particularly among ornithologists, once again threaten to diminish the extent of feline freedoms, ailurophiles can likely rest easy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
As a result, Antarctic sea ice generally reaches its largest extent in September before shrinking to its annual minimum in February.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The door, to a limited extent, opened; Pris, no lights on in the room behind her, peered out into the dim hall.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
"It is indicating that the Antarctic has moved into a new regime of lower ice extents."
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
The individual samples were polluted to different extents.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024
Their geographic extents and how long they lasted were similar.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
And a glance at our own early history, or the early histories of continental nations, shows this fusion of small simple communities taking place in various ways and to various extents.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
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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