to a greater/lesser degree/extent
idiom
—used to describe the effect or importance of something in relation to something else
This new tax affects the middle class and, to a lesser extent/degree, the rich.
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Flacco showed it and to a lesser extent, so did Winston.
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Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
This view offers a close look at population change within individual counties — for instance, there's huge growth in NWA — and to a lesser extent across all of northern Arkansas — but many of its rural counties are shrinking.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Martel and her colleagues found that participants reported worse ADHD symptoms, such as inattention and impulsivity, just before and at the start of their period and, to a lesser extent, around ovulation.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2025
Some once-aspiring democracies are now dictatorships by choice of an electorate—the most egregious case being Russia, and to a lesser degree in Hungary and Turkey.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
This view offers a close look at population change within individual counties — for instance, there's huge growth in NWA — and to a lesser extent across all of northern Arkansas — but many of its rural counties are shrinking.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Martel and her colleagues found that participants reported worse ADHD symptoms, such as inattention and impulsivity, just before and at the start of their period and, to a lesser extent, around ovulation.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2025
Some once-aspiring democracies are now dictatorships by choice of an electorate—the most egregious case being Russia, and to a lesser degree in Hungary and Turkey.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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“To a greater/lesser degree/extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20greater%2Flesser%20degree%2Fextent. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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