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in part

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  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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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

Like its neighbours, Burkina Faso and Mali, Niger is run by a military junta that came to power in part because of the failure to deal with the violence.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

A major Danish pension excluded SpaceX from its holdings, due in part to this “catastrophic governance structure.”

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Hand in hand with the talks came Conlon’s writing, in which, as in his talks, he goes inside the work in part to find philosophical and psychological meaning but mainly to share his love.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Spurred in part by historians like Cronon, most scientists have changed their minds about Indian fire.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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