to what extent

phrase

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

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Even Argentina’s fans could not tell to what extent their team’s support was real or made up of opportunists who had come to see the great man. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 How — and to what extent — AI might reshape her profession remains to be seen, but jobs for administrative assistants and secretaries have been dwindling for decades. Claire Savage, Fortune, 5 July 2026 There are questions though about what extent these things have been reduced, to what extent their missile capacity has been destroyed, to what extent their Navy has been destroyed. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026 But to what extent is still unknown, and was only recently confirmed with another trailer. Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026 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 30 Jul. 2026.

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