to a great extent

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Scientists from the UoC's Department of Chemistry have now shown that the structure of nucleotides can be modified to a great extent in the laboratory.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

It is a question that will always be - to a great extent - unanswerable.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2023

Although experts agree that the consequences of global warming will inevitably unfold over the next two to three decades, what happens beyond that will, to a great extent, depend on actions today.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

“The level of risk has reduced to a great extent in our Bangladesh,” Azizur Rahman, director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department in Dhaka, told reporters.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023

This happened to a great extent during the final phase of capitalism, roughly between 1920 and 1940.

From "1984" by George Orwell