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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in part

They are fighting a perilous battle with limited weapons against fires blamed in part on a stronger-than-usual episode of the El Nino climate phenomenon parching Southeast Asia.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

“The tiredness in this equity market likely, in part, reflects that ‘all in’ positioning amongst those investors,” says Watling.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

The research was funded, in part, by the U.S.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Its shares were down about 20% over the past year, in part due to a roughly 50% plunge last October after its quarterly revenue missed analyst expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

What looks like a brute fact—the distance a body falls in a certain period of time—turns out to be in part dependent on language and institutions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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