in part

Idioms  

1. Also,. To some extent, not wholly, somewhat. For example, We didn't get to Chicago, in part because we didn't have time, or Jerry was the one to blame, in large part because he was the one who hired the contractor, or The attorney himself was in small part responsible for this witness. [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

The NTA said the move was in part due to the proliferation of exam-fraud channels on the platform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

El Tri earned a win without any other goals thanks, in part, to a great night by goalkeeper Raúl Rangel, who stopped a header by Cho Gue-sung in the 87th minute.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Everything old is new again: In 1996, Anaheim pitched a youth sports center called the “Little A” in part of the stadium parking lots as part of a ballpark village that never materialized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

This week the US Federal Reserve also held interest rates at between 3.5% and 3.75%, citing "elevated uncertainty" owing in part to the conflict in the Middle East.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Our daughters lived more deeply inside it than we did, in part because social media governed teen life and in part because their routines put them in closer contact with the public than ours did.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Related Words

• a little
• considerably
• fairly
• far
• kind of
• moderately
• partially
• pretty
• quite
• rather
• significantly
• slightly