in a sense

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But in a sense, they already have a leg up because they at least have a job.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

That, in a sense, is the ultimate symbol of what's going on.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

The film is, in a sense, a necrology—a catalog of death—that takes a bleak and unsentimental stance on human suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

That, in a sense, defines the problem: generational labels aren’t just cute tags we can place on someone to blame them for avocado toast.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

Every point on the ball has a shadow on the complex plane; in a sense, every point on the ball is equivalent to its shadow on the plane and vice versa.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife