in a way
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- To a certain degree; to an extent; in a certain sense.
- Synonyms: after a fashion, in a sense
- Coordinate term: as it were
- 2020 April, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Why we won't avoid a climate catastrophe[1]”, in National Geographic:
- As an adult, I became a journalist whose beat is the environment. In a way, I’ve turned my youthful preoccupations into a profession.
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to a certain degree, or in a certain sense
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