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extent

[ik-stent] / ɪkˈstɛnt /


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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

The RBA has permitted this to some extent, saying that it also wanted to focus on retaining as many jobs as it could through the inflation surge that followed the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

Some locations did preserve signs of deformation, but those effects were relatively limited in both strength and geographic extent.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

The awful nightmare had now gripped the great brute to such an extent that he was tying his whole body into knots.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

All three regions subsidize EV purchases to varying extents.

From Barron's Dec. 3, 2025

"Some species, like the elegant madtom, had high relative sensitivity across spatial extents yet had no state or federal conservation listings," Silknetter said.

From Science Daily May 17, 2024

The three lowest minimum extents in the satellite era have now occurred in the last three years.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

“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

The others claimed lands of various extents, stretching to the Mississippi River, or even to the Pacific Ocean.

From Government and Administration of the United States by Westel W. Willoughby




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