Examples of partly in a Sentence
The project failed partly because of a lack of funds.
What you say is only partly true.
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However, apparently Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee helped lead an effort to get rid of the provision, partly on the grounds that if states don’t regulate, and the federal government doesn’t regulate, there won’t be any regulation at all.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
All of the cases at least partly turn on the Constitution’s guarantee that governments should treat people equally, the same legal issue the court weighed when finding Tennessee’s ban did not violate that protection.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
That was partly because Jalen Ramsey for Minkah Fitzpatrick marked the NFL’s first swap in 21 years in which two players changing uniform had each been named an All-Pro at his position.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Devil Is a Southpaw is partly Muleborn’s novel about he and Echota’s childhood, and partly Muleborn’s adult musings about the ways their imprisonment shaped the boys and their friendships.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
All of the cases at least partly turn on the Constitution’s guarantee that governments should treat people equally, the same legal issue the court weighed when finding Tennessee’s ban did not violate that protection.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2025
That was partly because Jalen Ramsey for Minkah Fitzpatrick marked the NFL’s first swap in 21 years in which two players changing uniform had each been named an All-Pro at his position.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Devil Is a Southpaw is partly Muleborn’s novel about he and Echota’s childhood, and partly Muleborn’s adult musings about the ways their imprisonment shaped the boys and their friendships.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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“Partly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/partly. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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partly
adverb
part·ly
ˈpärt-lē 
: in some measure or degree : not completely
a statement that is only partly true
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