in good/great/large part
idiom
: not entirely but mostly
The success of our company depends, in good part, on the condition of the economy.
I believe that their actions were motivated in great part by a desire for revenge.
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That the team has allowed just nine runs all season can be attributed in great part to a bullpen that is working on a 24-inning scoreless stretch, their longest since a 32-inning scoreless stretch in 2023.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Milei’s popularity is in great part tied to the economy continuing on a path toward normalization, which means lower inflation and potentially a rebound.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Thanks in good part to Christides and the humanitarian organizations that had been trumpeting the cause of the Evros Thirty-eight, the Greek government’s deadly border practices—which tracked with a larger approach of inhumane treatment of refugees throughout the European Union—were exposed.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Democrats under Trump, and then again under Biden, were becoming more radical on social issues while in good part rejecting the economic populism that made Sanders so popular in 2015.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Milei’s popularity is in great part tied to the economy continuing on a path toward normalization, which means lower inflation and potentially a rebound.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Thanks in good part to Christides and the humanitarian organizations that had been trumpeting the cause of the Evros Thirty-eight, the Greek government’s deadly border practices—which tracked with a larger approach of inhumane treatment of refugees throughout the European Union—were exposed.
—Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Democrats under Trump, and then again under Biden, were becoming more radical on social issues while in good part rejecting the economic populism that made Sanders so popular in 2015.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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“In good/great/large part.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20good%2Fgreat%2Flarge%20part. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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