How to Use in large measure in a Sentence
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That means oversized houses are less popular than in the past, in large measure due to cost.
—Ellen James Martin, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
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That the people who come to these pieces will, in large measure, agree with their basic framework to begin with.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
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Some movement exists — sing a requiem for the Sooners this year — but in large measure the games don’t even have to be played.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
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Chiuri’s success has been built, in large measure, by seeking kinship with other women.
—Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
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This is a president, after all, who was elected for a second time in large measure by promising to fix high prices and stay out of wars.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
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Mexican food, as the world now knows it, [exists] in large measure because of Enrique Olvera.
—Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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On the flip side, top seeds Gonzaga and Arizona were sent packing in large measure because their lead guards were shut down.
—Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2022
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Another is that fires are becoming more destructive, in large measure owing to climate change.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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But this is in large measure due to state injections into sectors serving the war and social payments to its participants.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
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Their new strategic position will be enabled in large measure by Democratic failures.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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But this is in large measure because of state injections into sectors serving the war and social payments to its participants.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
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But especially on the right, the dispute has become in large measure about identity and culture, not just about the policy itself.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2021
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The cause is not so much declines in snowfall as warming temperatures, in large measure a result of humankind's emissions of greenhouse gases.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2018
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Over ensuing days, the blaze waxes and wanes and then blows up again, controlled in large measure by weather and also the heroic efforts of firefighters to contain it.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2019
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The work that both agencies do is vitally important, and it is done, in large measure, by dedicated professionals.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
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Both Ortiz and Al-Alim remain strong contenders in large measure because of money spent on their behalf.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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This gap in achievement is a reminder that the art of directing is in large measure dependent on the practicalities of production.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2024
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This spring, thanks in large measure to warm temperatures and scant precipitation, runoff is expected to be paltry — and that's putting it mildly.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2022
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The Bronx Bombers have a certain level of cache, in large measure thanks to their 27 World Series titles.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2024
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Pfister said in states like Missouri, where the vaccination rate is lower, there are more serious cases in large measure due to variants of the virus.
—Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2021
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In Exeter, the crowd was definitely buying what Haley was selling, which, in large measure, was herself.
—Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2023
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Ironically, the Fed is in large measure responsible for low interest rates.
—Douglas Carr, National Review, 14 Sep. 2020
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America's future as a nation in large measure depends on solving the immigration problem.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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The day-to-day work of public health departments depends in large measure on their placement in and relationships with local communities.
—Wendy E. Parmet, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2022
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The lessened requirements were in large measure a recognition that students had to cope with technology problems and family stresses at home.
—Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
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Of course, if government spending takes an increasing share of the economic pie, something must decrease, and, in large measure, that has been investment, which is vital to growth.
—Douglas Carr, National Review, 7 Feb. 2024
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By these lights, the Revolution was in large measure a proslavery secession sparked by American fears of British threats to slavery.
—Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 19 June 2021
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The outcome of this fight within labor, and the wider progressive movement, will determine in large measure how aggressive Biden will be on climate-busting projects.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2021
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The former discourages businesses from making big investments all at once, the opposite of what Biden wanted to achieve and in large measure did achieve with his reshoring policy.
—Karl W. Smith, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
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On the occasions when that actually happened, the offense, especially early on, pounded low and flew high, thanks in large measure to Romney.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
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