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extent

[ik-stent] / ɪkˈstɛnt /


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However, persistent weakness in the steel market is limiting the extent of the recovery, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

But to the extent Kim responds to other leaders’ signals, Trump’s comment may move him to accelerate the expansion of Pyongyang’s arsenal.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

"We are picking up now probably 10 to 20 a week in specialist attracting traps, which is to be expected due to the extent of it."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The situation has disrupted social and economic life to such an extent that the authorities announced a rare relaxation of security protocols to allow the city of some three million people to keep functioning.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The extent of Brandon’s thoughts are this: Oh, one of Denny’s friends.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.

From Barron's Dec. 3, 2025

Locating these moraines enabled the researchers to map older glacier extents before pilots took their first flyover photos in the early 1930s.

From Science Daily Nov. 9, 2023

"Wagner has had links to both General al-Burhan's enterprises and to Mr Hemedti's enterprises to different extents and in different ways," she says.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2023

“I try to keep it on the low to certain extents of what she can find out,” Ruiz said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2023

Agriculture and Industries.—The cultivation of the rice-fields, which cover large extents of the plains of Cochin-China, is by far the chief industry of the colony.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various




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