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Example Sentences

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Molly’s is the movie’s funniest line, partly because of Ms. Field’s delivery, partly because we’re all thinking the same thing—that no one is going to escape this film with his or her dignity intact.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's a bit like playing pin the tail on the donkey with us being partly blindfolded and there being very little donkey left for us to pin the tail on," Sherborne complained.

From BBC

Morgan Stanley analysts recently wrote the stock could rise 30%, partly on the expectation of more data center deals.

From Barron's

I tell myself that it’s not lying since it is, partly, sort of true.

From Literature

Nevertheless, the unemployment rate remains below the historical average partly because the labor pool is shrinking.

From Barron's