to what extent

idiom

: how far : how much
To what extent can they be trusted?

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Recent Examples on the Web But to what extent growing casualties in Bihar can definitively be attributed to pollution or global warming isn’t yet clear, says Ashish Kumar, a colleague of Anand’s at the IMD. Monika Mondal, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024 Economists disagreed sharply about whether a federal price-gouging ban would help control price increases and, if so, to what extent that outcome would benefit the economy. Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024 Pentagon lacks a single standard for tracking weapons shipments Amid all this, the Pentagon must determine to what extent providing ammunition and weapons from its own stocks reduces the arms available for training U.S. troops and responding to America’s own emergencies. Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2024 What’s more, since then, no comprehensive surveys or studies have examined to what extent medical schools have responded accordingly and incorporated the relevant material into their curricula. Henry Bair, STAT, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for to what extent 

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“To what extent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20what%20extent. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.

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