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 German brigade already deployed to Lithuania failed to intervene, in part because Russia used drones to lay mines on roads leading out of its base.

From The Wall Street Journal

The judge said such measures shouldn’t be required in part because the AI race had already made the search market more competitive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Madame Suman, however, has always rejected her daughter-in-law in any form — in part because their rural backgrounds are too alike — and places one obstacle after another in the couple’s path, including religion, family pressure and hospitals, where a nurse tells Nat that a sentient appliance no longer has the legal standing to visit her husband.

From Los Angeles Times

Mayor Karen Bass didn’t make a comment after speaking at a Black History Month news conference, but later issued a statement saying in part, “Ultimately, any decision on the LA28 leadership must be made by the LA28 Board.”

From Los Angeles Times

As an export-driven economy, Germany values stability in the Middle East, in part to safeguard key shipping lanes.

From Barron's

Related Words

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