partly
Example Sentences
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This is partly because it doesn’t have its own blood supply.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Melania said debris partly blocked the evacuation route, but they made their way out with the help of others.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
"I could have stayed at home, but we fought for the right to vote and, look, it was partly for the joke that Farage is," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It’s also somehow appropriate that AI-driven business pressures inspired this mascot, who has been described as “giving enterprise AI a more human face” even though he himself is partly AI-generated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Preferences for certain sounds is partly cultural; that's one of the reasons why the traditional musics of various cultures can sound so different from each other.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
