to a great extent

idiom

: most of the time
His comments are true to a great extent.

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But the visual idiom Forrester has developed for these works also plays out, to a great extent, in paintings of unrelated subjects. Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025 Data is the digital life of a business, and to a great extent, digital systems rise and fall based on the quality of the data that’s used. John Werner, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Those hoping to recover financial losses will need to find creative ways to frame their cases against CrowdStrike, which is insulated to a great extent by clauses typical of software contracts that limit its liability, Cardi says. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024 There’s also something to be said for a show that is, to a great extent, about the mysteries of science, religion, and human existence leaving some of its most tantalizing questions open for interpretation. Judy Berman, TIME, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for to a great extent 

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“To a great extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20great%20extent. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.

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