in large measure

idiom

: not entirely but mostly : largely
The economy is based in large measure on farming.

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Whether American universities will continue as a global leader for scientific research hinges in large measure in how these cases will be concluded. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 About nine months after assuming power, al-Sharaa’s new regime is struggling to consolidate its authority, in large measure because Syrian minority groups are concerned they will be treated as second-class citizens — or worse — by the Sunni Islamists who now rule Damascus. Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025 Hamas must be destroyed, and the IDF has done so in large measure. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2025 The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities. David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for in large measure

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“In large measure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20large%20measure. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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