in some measure

Idioms  

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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in some measure

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

Iowa, the nation’s top corn producer, is in the midst of its worst drought in a decade with about 80% of the state in some measure of drought.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

The imagination, as Lazlo had previously noted, is tethered in some measure to the known, and they were both sadly ignorant in matters of cake.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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