in a/one sense

idiom

: in one way : from one point of view
In one sense, he was correct.

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The process of synodality in one sense places limits on bishops and the pope by emphasizing their need to listen closely to all church members before making decisions. Dennis Doyle, The Conversation, 8 May 2025 So, in a sense, he can be forgiven for his up-and-down play in Game 2. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025 While the celebrities in these clothes aren’t explicitly transgressive figures, their presence in this world of high status is in a sense a form of transgression. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025 From her searching emerges a book that might be called biography, historiography, cultural criticism, manifesto, or all of the above—a memoir, in a sense, of the internet. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in a/one sense

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