great deal
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China is paying a great deal of attention to all this.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"It's all a great deal slower than in cancer research, for example."
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Part of what he was experiencing, which he knows a great deal more about now, was feeling “the secrets that were the engine propelling my family.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
But at another level, this matters a great deal.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
She stabbed the hairpins into her bun with a great deal more ferocity than usual.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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