to a greater or lesser degree/extent
idiom
: to some degree/extent
This new tax affects everyone to a greater or lesser degree/extent.
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The matrix is a prison of the mind, and Paul is its prisoner; Houellebecq is not wrong to accept the premise that, to a greater or lesser degree, we are all hooked up to it.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Unlike past waves of automation, this is the first technology that can replicate (to a greater or lesser extent) how humans think and thus can automate higher-order tasks like knowledge work.
—Peter Guagenti, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Germans by and large wanted to focus on the gigantic task of rebuilding and reconstruction and to forget the Nazi past and the crimes in which, to a greater or lesser extent, the vast majority of them had been involved.
—Richard J. Evans, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Getting that account requires exposing your own details, to a greater or lesser extent.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PCMAG, 8 Aug. 2024
Many people choose, to a greater or lesser extent, to prioritise career and leisure over family.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 7 July 2024
All the businesses on show were alumni of at least one Futurescope accelerator and to a greater or lesser degree, their solutions aligned with the U.K. government’s net-zero agenda.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
Corporatism is an ideology that, to a greater or lesser extent, will lead to the subordination of conventional corporate purpose based around shareholder primacy to objectives set elsewhere.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
Put another way, Twitter has been establishing itself as a gatekeeper of sorts (an echo of old media clout) into a significant social-media enclave, with the intention that that gate also be used (openly or otherwise, and to a greater or lesser extent) to screen opinions deemed inappropriate.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 May 2022
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Unlike past waves of automation, this is the first technology that can replicate (to a greater or lesser extent) how humans think and thus can automate higher-order tasks like knowledge work.
—Peter Guagenti, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Germans by and large wanted to focus on the gigantic task of rebuilding and reconstruction and to forget the Nazi past and the crimes in which, to a greater or lesser extent, the vast majority of them had been involved.
—Richard J. Evans, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Getting that account requires exposing your own details, to a greater or lesser extent.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PCMAG, 8 Aug. 2024
Many people choose, to a greater or lesser extent, to prioritise career and leisure over family.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 7 July 2024
All the businesses on show were alumni of at least one Futurescope accelerator and to a greater or lesser degree, their solutions aligned with the U.K. government’s net-zero agenda.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
Corporatism is an ideology that, to a greater or lesser extent, will lead to the subordination of conventional corporate purpose based around shareholder primacy to objectives set elsewhere.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
Put another way, Twitter has been establishing itself as a gatekeeper of sorts (an echo of old media clout) into a significant social-media enclave, with the intention that that gate also be used (openly or otherwise, and to a greater or lesser extent) to screen opinions deemed inappropriate.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 May 2022
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