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Recent Examples of partially Republicans have also claimed that the Democratic proposal could partially pay for health coverage for people who are in the country illegally. Terry Moseley, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025 Also, two barns and one home were reportedly struck by lightning in Rogersville, Missouri, which started a small fire on the barn and partially collapsed the porch of the home. Shawnie Caslin Martucci, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025 This past spring, sleep deprivation—partially due to a new baby, partially due to Parker’s manic creative process—aggravated his tinnitus. Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025 Prince was an actor who served as Scorsese’s assistant during his cocaine era and partially inspired Eric Stoltz’s character in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for partially
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Adverb
  • Starship’s upper stage, the vehicle where crew and cargo would one day ride, flew halfway around the world for more than an hour while completing major objectives.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • About halfway down the driveway, a dirt road branches off to the west along the lagoon to the ocean.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The connection appeared to be partly explained by higher levels of a gut bacterium called Eggerthella, a bacterium previously linked to inflammation and found in greater abundance among people with depression.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Late in the half Miami seemed poised to knot the score but settled for a 27-yard field goal, partly wasting Toney’s 61-yard catch and run to the Louisville nine.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Partially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partially. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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