to a lesser extent

to a lesser extent

1. Occurring somewhat less.
   • 1984, Jan Borms, Human growth and development, page 438:

     A variety of topics are included, but there seems to be a primary concentration on the study of athletes and to a lesser extent the growth and performance of children and youth.

   • 1986, Adejoju Ajoke Falomo, The Pheromone Biology of the Lesser Mealworm, Alphitobius Diaperinus (Panzer), (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), page 165:

     In laboratory tray tests designed to simulate a field test, pheromones of A. diaperinus cause aggregation responses in adults and, to a lesser extent, larvae.

   • 1997, Michael J. Enright, Edith Elizabeth Scott, David Dodwell, The Hong Kong Advantage, page 274:

     Shanghai and, to a lesser extent, Taiwan, lack the transparency and level playing field of Hong Kong. Singapore, Shanghai, and, to a lesser extent, Sydney, lack the entrepreneurial drive found in Hong Kong.

   • 2003, Carolyn Szmidt, Mousterian in Mediterranean France, page iii:

     To what extent is the Middle Palaeolithic in Mediterranean France similar to, or different from, that found in southwestern France, (and to a lesser extent in other regions) and to what extent do the models of Mousterian variability developed in the classic area of southwestern France apply in Mediterranean France?

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