She tried to determine the extent of the damage. the full extent of human knowledge He questions the extent to which these remedies are needed.
Recent Examples on the WebThe extent to which the virus is churning in other parts of the country isn’t fully known; routine immunization has dropped since the COVID pandemic’s start, and the U.S. hasn’t regularly surveyed its wastewater for the pathogen. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022 To the extent rail freight could be made to displace trucks, that would greatly reduce the United States’s carbon footprint. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2022 At its fullest extent, the line could reach beyond Tower Bridge to Southwark Park in the east of London.WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 That partly explains the extent and depth of the streamer’s massive library of international TV series and movies — a handful of new examples of which, in fact, hit Netflix today. Andy Meek, BGR, 14 Sep. 2022 The exact extent to which extreme heat, drought and, more broadly, climate change will play a role in prices and inflation is extremely difficult to estimate, Smith said. Alicia Wallace, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 The two seemingly contradictory assessments underscore the extent to which the Chinese video-sharing app has captured the attention, and the fears, of Silicon Valley’s most powerful players. Kylie Robison, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022 That issue has been resolved, Carvalho said, but still unknown is to what extent hackers may have been able to download information about students, such as grades, course schedules, disciplinary records and disability status. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Writing about Simenon is tricky, too, simply because the extent of his work—and the relatively small variations in tone within it—makes any one novel at once representative of the whole and too small a slice to offer as truly exemplary. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French estente, extente land valuation, from extendre, estendre to survey, evaluate, literally, to extend