great deal
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"It's all a great deal slower than in cancer research, for example."
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Sometimes, procrastination is someone’s way of avoiding a fear that they’ll owe the government a great deal of money.
From MarketWatch • 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
"This kind of activity enriches them a great deal, not only visually for the audience but for them as well," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
Older children, ages 6 and up, have listened to a great deal of musical material in their short lives.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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