Examples of to such an extent in a Sentence
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For as joyous and silly as clowns are supposed to be, pop culture has twisted the perception of these jesters to such an extent that some people only have a negative association with them.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Lexus succeeded to such an extent that one of its cars, the LFA, is frequently called one of the best cars ever made, period.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
The rift between McDaniel and NBCU had grown to such an extent by Tuesday that she was not informed by network brass that she had been dismissed, I’m told.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
His findings raised the possibility that deforestation might eventually degrade the hydrologic cycle to such an extent that the region’s climate would change.
—Thomas Lovejoy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
The brand’s cultural cachet had grown to such an extent that being selected for inclusion in the collection could boost a young filmmaker’s sales as well as reputation.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Protests by ultras escalated to such an extent that several games were on the verge of being called off.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Nevertheless, Moscow bleated in protest to such an extent that the Obama administration withdrew in 2009 a Bush-era pledge to provide Poland and the Czech Republic with radar and interceptor installations aimed at protecting their territories not from nuclear but from conventional attack.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
This is true to such an extent that should 99% of life be wiped out by an asteroid collision, supervolcano, or dirty telephone receiver, the information for the molecular machinery that drives all organisms will be safely preserved in the surviving 1%.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Lexus succeeded to such an extent that one of its cars, the LFA, is frequently called one of the best cars ever made, period.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
The rift between McDaniel and NBCU had grown to such an extent by Tuesday that she was not informed by network brass that she had been dismissed, I’m told.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
His findings raised the possibility that deforestation might eventually degrade the hydrologic cycle to such an extent that the region’s climate would change.
—Thomas Lovejoy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020
The brand’s cultural cachet had grown to such an extent that being selected for inclusion in the collection could boost a young filmmaker’s sales as well as reputation.
—Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Protests by ultras escalated to such an extent that several games were on the verge of being called off.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Nevertheless, Moscow bleated in protest to such an extent that the Obama administration withdrew in 2009 a Bush-era pledge to provide Poland and the Czech Republic with radar and interceptor installations aimed at protecting their territories not from nuclear but from conventional attack.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
This is true to such an extent that should 99% of life be wiped out by an asteroid collision, supervolcano, or dirty telephone receiver, the information for the molecular machinery that drives all organisms will be safely preserved in the surviving 1%.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
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