in large measure
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: 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.
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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
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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
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“In large measure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20large%20measure. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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