in part

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]

Example Sentences

In a statement, the FAA attributed the increase in part to a change in its guidance for reporting fume events, although that revision was only implemented in November of last year.

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No matter what makes tournament expansion happen, it would occur in part because of an ongoing power shift in college sports toward the largest conferences.

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Former Paramount chair Shari Redstone recently signed on as chair of the Israel-based studio Sipur, which produced “Bad Boy,” in part because she wanted to stand up for the Israeli creative community.

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Most productions in Israel, as in other small countries, rely at least in part on government funding, even though they operate entirely independently from the government.

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She’s said in interviews that the album was inspired in part by grief and loss—how the most difficult part of growing older is losing people close to you.

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Related Words

• a little 
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• rather 
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