to some degree

Idioms  

1. Also, to a certain degree;;. Somewhat, in a way, as in To some degree we'll have to compromise, or To an extent it's a matter of adjusting to the colder climate. The use of degree in these terms, all used in the same way, dates from the first half of the 1700s, and extent from the mid-1800s.

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to some degree

What’s it been like to see those efforts succeed to some degree?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

And of course, as it's a night race, there is no solar radiation to heat up the track surface, which there would be to some degree in Imola.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Justice Antonin Scalia was able to frame his majority opinion as the vindication of a right so obvious that virtually the entire country already recognized it to some degree.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

SignalFire’s head of research, Asher Bantock, said the rise in entrepreneurship by fresh grads is likely tied to some degree to the difficult hiring market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Although she’d been watching my knitting to some degree, it had been a while since Mother had inspected my fine sewing.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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