in part

Idioms and Phrases

Also, in large or small part . 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]

Example Sentences

But even in those cases, the law had generally been allowed to take its course, in whole or at least in part.

From Slate

Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president, said that on Nov. 15 the board’s search committee decided to keep Mr. Rubenstein on in part because the center is in the quiet phase of an endowment campaign, making a leadership transition “really tough.”

From New York Times

This longer life cycle and shift in activity may be driven in part by cities and their warmer climates.

From Science Daily

Bunnett is a founding scientist of Endosome Therapeutics Inc. Research in Bunnett's laboratory is funded, in part, by Takeda.

From Science Daily

The albedo of the surface of the Earth has been in decline since the 1970s -- due in part to the decline in Arctic snow and sea ice, which also means fewer white areas to reflect back sunlight.

From Science Daily

Related Words

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