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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From out-of-control housing prices to the ongoing issue of student loan debt to ever-growing childcare costs, young workers are facing financial hurdles older generations either didn’t have to overcome or did but to a lesser degree.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Like Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, Ticketmaster queues (and even ticket scammers) hijacked the market – albeit to a lesser degree.
—The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
For now, traders are betting that the first rate cut will likely come in June, according to futures; to a lesser degree, some traders are betting on July.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
Old Alliances, Old Technology Transmission networks in the United States, which move alternating current, were built over the last century largely by for-profit utility companies, and to a lesser extent by nonprofit utilities operated by governments and local communities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2024
With higher temperatures, the humidity in a storm can increase to a greater degree before that water vapor condenses into rain.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
That’s why the sounds of crunching and plunking and tapping are so heavily amplified, and also one of the reasons acrylic (and, to a lesser extent, glass) containers—hard, unyielding, cacophonous when thumped—are such a ubiquitous tool of the trade.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2024
Milwaukee’s north, northwest and, to a lesser extent, near-south sides, continue to bear the brunt of the city's violence.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
In both the United States and, to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom, concerns that Nazi Germany was pursuing radiological weapons prompted explorations of their military potential.
—William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Like Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, Ticketmaster queues (and even ticket scammers) hijacked the market – albeit to a lesser degree.
—The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
For now, traders are betting that the first rate cut will likely come in June, according to futures; to a lesser degree, some traders are betting on July.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
Old Alliances, Old Technology Transmission networks in the United States, which move alternating current, were built over the last century largely by for-profit utility companies, and to a lesser extent by nonprofit utilities operated by governments and local communities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2024
With higher temperatures, the humidity in a storm can increase to a greater degree before that water vapor condenses into rain.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
That’s why the sounds of crunching and plunking and tapping are so heavily amplified, and also one of the reasons acrylic (and, to a lesser extent, glass) containers—hard, unyielding, cacophonous when thumped—are such a ubiquitous tool of the trade.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2024
Milwaukee’s north, northwest and, to a lesser extent, near-south sides, continue to bear the brunt of the city's violence.
—Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
In both the United States and, to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom, concerns that Nazi Germany was pursuing radiological weapons prompted explorations of their military potential.
—William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
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