to some degree

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, to a certain degree ; to some or a certain extent ; to a degree or an extent . Somewhat, in a way, as in To some degree we'll have to compromise , or To an extent it's a matter of adjusting to the colder climate . The use of degree in these terms, all used in the same way, dates from the first half of the 1700s, and extent from the mid-1800s.

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Example Sentences

Optimists may tell you that this tumult amounts to the birthing agony that precedes a new age of journalism, and they’re probably correct to some degree.

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The city is constantly burning to some degree — it’s just that people aren’t always calling 911 to report it, said Ed Nordskog, a veteran arson investigator with the L.A.

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“As China was advancing in South America and to some degree in the Caribbean, I think there was a sort of a false sense of security in the United States,” Ellis said.

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“I call the book ‘Cleavage’ because, to some degree, it’s about a separation: before and after,” she says.

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The hillside area, that is to be expected to some degree, but near the ocean on PCH that is insane beyond belief, it’s just total devastation, people are still in shock, and yeah, I did have many neighbors like myself who thankfully made it out unscathed, but many also lost their homes.

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