in good/great/large part
idiom
: not entirely but mostly
The success of our company depends, in good part, on the condition of the economy.
I believe that their actions were motivated in great part by a desire for revenge.
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The highest suicide rates are seen among single men in their 40s and 50s, and experts suspect that this trend is caused in great part by loneliness and the social expectations that help create loneliness.
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Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
Antimicrobial resistance is in great part due to the inappropriate prescribing or overprescribing of antibiotics, not to mention pathogens’ ceaseless evolution to escape treatment.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
Historians and sociologists say the scale of these trips is unusual in recent history, owing in good part to the geography of the conflict in Ukraine, where vast swaths of territory remain relatively safe and are accessible from the rest of mainland Europe.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
And that depends in great part on when a film is completed.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
It’s driven in good part by anger and fear: about inflation, soaring gas prices, green energy, crime, homelessness, policy toward Israel, all of it undergirding a sense the country is headed irretrievably in the wrong direction.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
There has never been a second act like this in sports, and that’s in good part because of Messi’s first act.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
More so than usual, in great part due to the combined effects of a tumultuous electoral process and pervasive economic stagflation that is extremely palpable to the population given triple-digit inflation.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 17 July 2023
The past two years have seen remarkable momentum and growth in the states for the school-choice movement, which in great part is a consequence of anger over the damaging shutdowns.
—Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
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Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
Antimicrobial resistance is in great part due to the inappropriate prescribing or overprescribing of antibiotics, not to mention pathogens’ ceaseless evolution to escape treatment.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2022
Historians and sociologists say the scale of these trips is unusual in recent history, owing in good part to the geography of the conflict in Ukraine, where vast swaths of territory remain relatively safe and are accessible from the rest of mainland Europe.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
And that depends in great part on when a film is completed.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
It’s driven in good part by anger and fear: about inflation, soaring gas prices, green energy, crime, homelessness, policy toward Israel, all of it undergirding a sense the country is headed irretrievably in the wrong direction.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
There has never been a second act like this in sports, and that’s in good part because of Messi’s first act.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
More so than usual, in great part due to the combined effects of a tumultuous electoral process and pervasive economic stagflation that is extremely palpable to the population given triple-digit inflation.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 17 July 2023
The past two years have seen remarkable momentum and growth in the states for the school-choice movement, which in great part is a consequence of anger over the damaging shutdowns.
—Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
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