How to Use in a/one sense in a Sentence

in a/one sense

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  • Part of the problem is that these looks, in a sense, aren’t even new.
    Kara McGrath, Allure, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That was how the book, in a sense, found its way back to Perry again.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Right now, there's still a bunch of unknown, and in a sense, less is more.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • So, in a sense, his ceiling right now seems to be at 270.
    Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • Rachel Maddow‘s next project will take her to Russia — in a sense.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Through all of it, Mr. Pushkin was, in a sense, just doing his job.
    Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • So that, that in a sense, was what ruled out self-defense.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • And in a sense, if the ‘power’ doesn’t like it, that’s not WHO’s problem.
    Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • And in one sense, this is so absurd because what in God’s name is the point?
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Last season, in a sense, was a prove-it year for Jesus Sanchez.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • As stated earlier, to hate war is in a sense the easy part.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Become a Subscriber But the decline of Twitter, and the race to replace it, is in a sense a sideshow.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2023
  • People in the grip of an addiction are, in a sense, not in control of their own lives.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The candidate seems to be basking in a sense of destiny.
    Time, 14 June 2023
  • The Panthers chased Linus Ullmark from Game 4, in a sense.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The line, in a sense, is a nod to everyone who has come to New York to reinvent themselves and chase dreams.
    Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • And citizens will, in a sense, lose power in their votes.
    The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Taiwan is in a sense the West Berlin of the new cold war unfolding between Beijing and the free world.
    Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Speaking out carries more risks for you, in a sense, for that reason.
    Charlie H. Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
  • But the Lakers do have a huge edge in one sense: Great players want to be in Los Angeles.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • And the Spejchers are also, in a sense, grieving for the life their daughter no longer leads.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • That, in a sense, has been the driving force behind BossMan Dlow’s unique brand of trap music.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
  • That, in a sense, is what Gantt wants the little girls who walk through the exhibit to realize.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Back, in a sense, to a time before Picasso had even painted the piece in question.
    Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • The Seder is embedded in a sense of being enslaved and then being free.
    Joan Elovitz Kazan, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The four-song release is, in a sense, a remedy to the album that preceded it.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Our fates on the road are, in a sense, intertwined, as both humans and wildlife must travel to survive.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
  • But the lack of parents was, in a sense, a curious disconnect.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Some of them arise by in a sense happenstance, while others are baked into the pudding.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • So, in a sense, privacy law corralled Meta into this position, and now antitrust law is going in for the kill.
    Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024

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