to a greater/lesser degree/extent

idiom

—used to describe the effect or importance of something in relation to something else

This new tax affects the middle class and, to a lesser extent/degree, the rich.

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As the United States and, to a lesser extent, China reduce their investment, aid and presence on the African continent, the Emirates is using its enormous wealth and influence to fill the void. —Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 17 May 2025

The solid interest in football, and, to a lesser degree, in other live sports, shows how TV’s advertising market is fragmenting just like its overall audience. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 May 2025

Instead, congressional pushback − sometimes as extreme as impeachment − can thus be written off not as principled or substantive but as partisan or politically motivated to a greater extent than ever before. —Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 15 May 2025

Some Republicans have pointed to Kemp's decision, and to a lesser extent Sununu's, as signs that Republicans are having challenges recruiting centrist candidates who would appeal to voters statewide. —Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 May 2025