be partial
Example Sentences
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For months, he had trouble sleeping due to what turned out to be partial seizures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
There will be partial restrictions on travellers from another seven countries, including Cuban and Venezuelan nationals.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 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
In the first case, the membrana tympani will bulge outwards, in the second case inwards, and in both, from excessive stretching of the membrane, there will be partial deafness, especially for sounds of high pitch.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
