to what extent

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: how far : how much
To what extent can they be trusted?

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The question today is whether that expertise can keep pace with the speed and scale of deception — and to what extent the public will keep stride, too. Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025 The central question in the case is to what extent race can, or must, be used when congressional districts are redrawn. Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025 Whether that earlier fund is directly involved in the Collegiate Investment Initiative—and, if so, to what extent—remains anyone’s guess. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025 How is our current world ordered, and to what extent is that a result determined by those in power rather than a function of natural law? The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for to what extent

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“To what extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20what%20extent. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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