How to Use in a/one sense in a Sentence

in a/one sense

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  • Part of the problem is that these looks, in a sense, aren’t even new.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That was how the book, in a sense, found its way back to Perry again.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • That’s what the whole process of being a bandleader is in a sense.
    — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Right now, there's still a bunch of unknown, and in a sense, less is more.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • So, in a sense, his ceiling right now seems to be at 270.
    — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • Rachel Maddow‘s next project will take her to Russia — in a sense.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Through all of it, Mr. Pushkin was, in a sense, just doing his job.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • So that, that in a sense, was what ruled out self-defense.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • And in a sense, if the ‘power’ doesn’t like it, that’s not WHO’s problem.
    — Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • In fact Storm has already, in a sense, entered the MCU.
    — Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • We would, in a sense, be held hostage by the moral architecture of the world.
    — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024
  • And in one sense, this is so absurd because what in God’s name is the point?
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • So, in a sense, he can be forgiven for his up-and-down play in Game 2.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 8 May 2025
  • Last season, in a sense, was a prove-it year for Jesus Sanchez.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Williams bringing the dance back in 2025 felt like a redemption, in a sense.
    — Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025
  • You guys, in a sense, out of the outer world, have created this thing.
    — Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • As stated earlier, to hate war is in a sense the easy part.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Become a Subscriber But the decline of Twitter, and the race to replace it, is in a sense a sideshow.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Cornwell sought to give Arthur back to that ancient people, in a sense.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
  • People in the grip of an addiction are, in a sense, not in control of their own lives.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The candidate seems to be basking in a sense of destiny.
    — Time, 14 June 2023
  • The Panthers chased Linus Ullmark from Game 4, in a sense.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The line, in a sense, is a nod to everyone who has come to New York to reinvent themselves and chase dreams.
    — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • And citizens will, in a sense, lose power in their votes.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The strategy is a return to the company’s roots, in a sense.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Taiwan is in a sense the West Berlin of the new cold war unfolding between Beijing and the free world.
    — Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Speaking out carries more risks for you, in a sense, for that reason.
    — Charlie H. Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
  • Janice Kpor knew that her family was, in a sense, part of the problem.
    — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • But the Lakers do have a huge edge in one sense: Great players want to be in Los Angeles.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • The second type of scientific AI aims, in a sense, to speak the language of biology.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025

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