be partial

Example Sentences

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Energy and energy-related equities can be partial hedges as oil prices and freight rates climb, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

This data may be partial or incorrect because of spoofing.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

I may be partial, but I could eat just a pan of that topping and be content.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

A sentence stating that The Washington Post doesn’t recognize brain death as a clear marker of death has also been updated to clarify that brain death can be partial.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2022

Their theory was seen to be partial, and essentially defective.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.