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in some measure

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  1. Somewhat, to a certain extent, as in In some measure we owe these privileges to our parents. Shakespeare used this term in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1:2): “I will condole in some measure.” Similarly, in large measure, dating from the same period, means “to a considerable extent,” as in In large measure the two sides agree. [c. 1600]

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Conventionally, doing a series of big favors for a constituency results in some measure of support from that group.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

It is, in some measure, an educational failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The once sedate RBS had become in some measure the biggest bank in the world.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Even before the trial’s opening statements, the Secret Service was in some measure planning for the extraordinary possibility of a former president behind bars.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2024

The imagination, he thought, no matter how vivid, was still tethered in some measure to the known, and this was beyond anything he could have imagined.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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