How to Use in a/one sense in a Sentence

in a/one sense

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  • Part of the problem is that these looks, in a sense, aren’t even new.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Right now, there's still a bunch of unknown, and in a sense, less is more.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • That’s what the whole process of being a bandleader is in a sense.
    — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That was how the book, in a sense, found its way back to Perry again.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Rachel Maddow‘s next project will take her to Russia — in a sense.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Speaking out carries more risks for you, in a sense, for that reason.
    — Charlie H. Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
  • We would, in a sense, be held hostage by the moral architecture of the world.
    — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
  • And in one sense, this is so absurd because what in God’s name is the point?
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Makeup is meant to become one with your skincare routine in a sense.
    — Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Cornwell sought to give Arthur back to that ancient people, in a sense.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Last season, in a sense, was a prove-it year for Jesus Sanchez.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • People in the grip of an addiction are, in a sense, not in control of their own lives.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Which is ironic because in a sense, that’s the most important thing.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 16 July 2024
  • But its staying power comes not from trendiness, but from its grounding in a sense of place.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Janice Kpor knew that her family was, in a sense, part of the problem.
    — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • But the lack of parents was, in a sense, a curious disconnect.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The dam keepers have, in a sense, just sailed their own vessel to the shipbreaker’s boneyard.
    — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Our fates on the road are, in a sense, intertwined, as both humans and wildlife must travel to survive.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Williams bringing the dance back in 2025 felt like a redemption, in a sense.
    — Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The four-song release is, in a sense, a remedy to the album that preceded it.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The Seder is embedded in a sense of being enslaved and then being free.
    — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And in a sense, if the ‘power’ doesn’t like it, that’s not WHO’s problem.
    — Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • But in a sense, this is the problem Sebo and his coauthors are raising in a nutshell.
    — Saul Elbein, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Back, in a sense, to a time before Picasso had even painted the piece in question.
    — Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • That, in a sense, is what Gantt wants the little girls who walk through the exhibit to realize.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And the Spejchers are also, in a sense, grieving for the life their daughter no longer leads.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • That, in a sense, is why the Dolphins’ 2025 training camp will be crucial.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
  • The line, in a sense, is a nod to everyone who has come to New York to reinvent themselves and chase dreams.
    — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • That, in a sense, has been the driving force behind BossMan Dlow’s unique brand of trap music.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Taiwan is in a sense the West Berlin of the new cold war unfolding between Beijing and the free world.
    — Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024

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