as in halfway
in some measure or degree
the construction project is only partially complete
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Recent Examples of partially
This partially or fully severs the turtle’s head before the crab feeds from the cavity.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
The surge could also be partially driven by short covering, considering the magnitude of the increase.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Headquartered in Elche, Spain, PLD Space celebrated its first suborbital launch in October 2023, when the company shot a test rocket into the upper atmosphere from southern Spain in a demonstration of the propulsion technology to be used on its orbital rocket, the partially reusable Miura 5.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Staff was looking for direction as to whether the Village Board would be supportive of having a list of partially eligible projects – mainly landscaping, masonry work, exterior painting, parking lot improvements and window/door repair or replacements.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
The surge could also be partially driven by short covering, considering the magnitude of the increase.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Headquartered in Elche, Spain, PLD Space celebrated its first suborbital launch in October 2023, when the company shot a test rocket into the upper atmosphere from southern Spain in a demonstration of the propulsion technology to be used on its orbital rocket, the partially reusable Miura 5.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Staff was looking for direction as to whether the Village Board would be supportive of having a list of partially eligible projects – mainly landscaping, masonry work, exterior painting, parking lot improvements and window/door repair or replacements.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partially
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But Ashe is already halfway up the court, pouncing on the short ball and punching the volley away with ease to clinch the Wimbledon title.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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Raleigh chalked up those developments to his maturing a little more than halfway into his fourth full major-league season.—
Andrew Destin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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However, apparently Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee helped lead an effort to get rid of the provision, partly on the grounds that if states don’t regulate, and the federal government doesn’t regulate, there won’t be any regulation at all.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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All of the cases at least partly turn on the Constitution’s guarantee that governments should treat people equally, the same legal issue the court weighed when finding Tennessee’s ban did not violate that protection.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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“Partially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partially. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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