to a greater/lesser degree/extent
idiom
—used to describe the effect or importance of something in relation to something else
This new tax affects the middle class and, to a lesser extent/degree, the rich.
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The inordinate influence of immigration suggests that year’s increase, and to a lesser extent the 12% increase reported in 2023, are aberrations that will lead to a dramatic correction when this year’s count is taken this month.
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
But simmering backlash to The Brutalist’s knottier second act—and, to a lesser extent, some scuttlebutt regarding the use of AI—could do it in; that the feature peaks about halfway through has become something of a prevailing opinion.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Science shows that light (and avoiding light) and, to a lesser extent, melatonin, are the only things that shift your internal clock.
—Tim Neville, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2024
Flacco showed it and to a lesser extent, so did Winston.
—Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
But simmering backlash to The Brutalist’s knottier second act—and, to a lesser extent, some scuttlebutt regarding the use of AI—could do it in; that the feature peaks about halfway through has become something of a prevailing opinion.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
Science shows that light (and avoiding light) and, to a lesser extent, melatonin, are the only things that shift your internal clock.
—Tim Neville, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2024
Flacco showed it and to a lesser extent, so did Winston.
—Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“To a greater/lesser degree/extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20greater%2Flesser%20degree%2Fextent. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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