to such an extent

phrase

: so much
I was surprised that the town had changed to such an extent.

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For centuries, other countries benefited from Ghana’s natural resources to such an extent that when the country was a British colony, it was referred to as the Gold Coast. Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 8 July 2026 Robinson is one of the guys to such an extent that manager Tony Vitello peered into the outfield one day trying to figure out who the fleet smaller guy was racing around catching everything. Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2026 The former first lady's fashion sense has evolved to such an extent that even her daughters have begun to take note. Emma Banks, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026 While his early films were about becoming human again, about using the fiction of cinema to make someone more real, his recent work has tacked in the opposite direction—intensifying alienation to such an extent that the human disappears. Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to such an extent

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“To such an extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20such%20an%20extent. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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