in a/one sense

idiom

: in one way : from one point of view
In one sense, he was correct.

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In Europe, Li says, the company will build sales partly by tapping the talent and networks that have defined the region’s industry for a century— beating its rivals, in a sense, by co-opting them. Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 29 July 2025 Right, but in a sense that selection is something which acts retrospectively. Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025 Juggling, in a sense, is a system of calibration that enables the body to repeat the same actions consistently. Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 11 July 2025 The decision to bypass culture, in a sense, and go straight to the law points to the power of her adversary, a living metaphor for the culture itself. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for in a/one sense

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“In a/one sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%2Fone%20sense. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.

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