How to Use to what extent in a Sentence

to what extent

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  • Next week, the world will know to what extent that is true or false.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The unknown part was to what extent.
    Chaz Frazier, Health, 1 Apr. 2026
  • And that one topic is to what extent the seams are pulling apart on a patchwork roster.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • And to what extent would this depend on other moving parts in the region?
    Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • This raises the question of whether and to what extent these costs are justified.
    Esade Business & Law School, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And if that gap narrows — or vanishes — to what extent will margins erode?
    Ascend Agency, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Whether Tehran can mine the strait—and to what extent—also remains an open question.
    Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But to what extent were the pups dire wolves—as opposed to, say, gray wolves with some of the dire wolf’s physical traits?
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • But to what extent are those doubts grounded in reality?
    Keith Moore, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
  • There was just something missing, and Smart’s job is to figure out what, and to what extent to make changes.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This uncovers to what extent drivers are thriving or struggling in their seats this year.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • More research will be needed to nail down to what extent, if at all, that translates into better race times.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024
  • And to what extent will Netanyahu feel compelled to heed Biden’s pressure?
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 22 July 2024
  • How much and to what extent the city of Kansas City will be involved has yet to be determined.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2025
  • And all eyes will be on the polls to see to what extent anything Harry shares shifts the dial on public opinion.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Whether, or to what extent, their refund is reduced is largely out of the taxpayer's control.
    Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Whether and to what extent the staffing situation has affected patient care is an open question.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2024
  • 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
  • The next two months will reveal more about what’s happening in the labor market and to what extent higher tariffs will raise prices.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025
  • One thing that the translator has to think about is to what extent Mandelstam is being governed by the sounds of words.
    Merve Emre, The New York Review of Books, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But there's some question remaining about whether or to what extent the yard must be cleaned up before construction begins.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The biggest question may be to what extent the public sees Joe Biden being tied to his son’s actions.
    Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • No such connection has been established, and the process of learning whether there is one–and to what extent–will rightfully take years.
    Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2023
  • But to what extent might Maryland’s budget woes stem from broader issues with the state’s economy?
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
  • It’s not known to what extent McDaniel is involved in the interview or hiring process.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But the other half of it is then learning to what extent that perception has served its purpose and needs to be transmuted elsewhere.
    Garrett Bradley, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
  • How did that inform your approach to your craft, and to what extent has that experience continued to resonate?
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The question is to what extent national grids and our new digital infrastructure can cope with the sun's twists and turns.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In fact, genetics likely play the biggest role in when—or to what extent—a person’s hair turns gray, Collins explained.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 21 Feb. 2025
  • 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

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