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to some degree
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.Example Sentences
And so I have felt like a protector to some degree of the music throughout this process.
"Whenever there is an assassination there will be debates and to some degree there will be conspiracy theories," said Barrett, the Villanova historian.
"You do expect the state to save capitalism from its own worst instincts to some degree, in order to preserve social stability."
“You do expect the state to save capitalism from its own worst instincts to some degree, in order to preserve social stability,” John Clarke, a long-time anti-poverty organizer who now teaches the history and practice of social struggle in Toronto, told Salon by email.
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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